Organizational Climate

1359 Words6 Pages
DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE The major determinants of the climate are given below: i) Organizational context: The mission, goals, objective and policies together constitutes the organizational context. The management philosophy of an organization is reflected in its policies, rules, regulations and practices. The reaction of employees and the degree to which they agree with management philosophy is a major determinant of organizational climate. Similarly, managers attitude towards employee influence an organization’s climate. If management is able to reconcile employee’s goals to organizational goals, it can create a favorable climate. ii) Organizational structure: It refers to the network of authority-responsibility…show more content…
iv) Physical environment: The working conditions and the characteristics of physical settings also affect organizational climate, cleanliness, safe environment, size and location of office are the important factors. Office size, office place, office décor and the physical space allotted to an employee influence his attitude toward job. v) Organizational values and norms: Every organization has its own values and norms, which indicate desirable behavior. If these value and norms are good and employees observe them the organizational climate becomes positive. MEASURING HRD CLIMATE i) Economic Condition An organisational economic condition has an impact on its culture in many ways like the more successful or prosperous organisation spends more on research and also they afford more risk. ii) Leadership Style Leadership style plays a key role in shaping HRD climate. An autocratic style of leadership may allow high position structure, low individual autonomy and reward orientation, low warmth and support and so…show more content…
General perception: organizational climate is the summary perception which people have about an organization. It reflects the impression people have about what the organization is. 2. Qualitative concept: organizational climate is an abstract an intangible concept. It is very difficult to explain its components in quantitative terms. 3. Internal environment: organizational climate represents the internal condition of an organization 4. Distinct identity: organizational climate gives a distinct identity to the organization. It indicated human organization is different from other organization 5. Enduring quality: organizational climate is a relatively enduring quality of the internal environment which is experienced by the members of the organization. It develops over a long period of time 6. Multi dimensional: organizational climate has several dimensions such as authority structure, individual autonomy, leader ship style, leadership patter, conflict handling, cooperation, etc. COMPONENTS OF HRD

More about Organizational Climate

Open Document