Organizational culture is a management topic that a lot of people find very interesting! So you’re going to explore organizational culture using a series of questions we’ve come up with.

• Is work supposed to be fun? Is a “good” organizational culture dependent on whether employees have fun at work?

• Lousy cultures have miserable managers. Which came first? The lousy culture or the miserable managers? How would you go about “fixing” this?

• An organization’s culture should never change. Agree or disagree?

• Organizational culture can “make or break” an organization.

• The right culture with the right values will always produce the best organizational performance. Agree or disagree?

• Management experts say it’s important to “invest” in your organization’s culture. What do you think that means?

• How could you tell if you aren’t (or one of your employees isn’t) a good fit for the organization’s culture?

• You can “shape” the culture of your work environment. Agree or disagree? (Hint: You might want to look at the current issues in organizational culture as you talk about this.)

Pick two—only two—of these questions to discuss in your “assigned” group. From your discussion, write down your group’s most important insights about organizational culture. Also, what did you learn from your group’s discussion that will help you as you prepare to launch or pursue your career goals?