ORGANIZATION CULTURE AT SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAAN STATE PROJECT SET-UP, TAMIL NADU
ORGANIZATION CULTURE
AT SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAAN
STATE PROJECT SET-UP, TAMIL NADU
A STUDY
conducted by
Dr. G. Revathi
Loyola Institute of Business Administration
Loyola College
Chennai 600 034
2008
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ABSTRACT
The culture of any organization, although it can be variously defined, includes the shared norms and values that guide organizational participants’ behaviour. The Management of the SSA State
Project office, Tamil Nadu commissioned this study to understand the organization’s culture from the perspective of the employees – specifically, the Block Resource Teacher Educators
(BRTEs).
According to the management, many improvements have been made in the functioning of the organization, that have resulted in its becoming less bureaucratic and more flexible, and which have encouraged more openness and freedom at work. Unplanned, general observation by the management led to the belief that these changes had helped to improve both individual performance as well as the overall effectiveness of the organization.
This study on “Organization Culture at SSA – State Project Set-up, Tamil Nadu” was undertaken to verify if the employees also shared this perception, namely, that the changes that had been made in the organization had truly led to improvements. In addition, the study also captured employee attitudes towards various aspects of the organization.
Using an instrument developed for this study, 1177 BRTEs of thirty districts of Tamil Nadu were queried on organizational improvements pertaining to freedom at work, communication, training, role clarity, leadership, trust, and team cohesiveness; as well as on individual attitudes or feelings such as pride in the organization, confidence in own leadership capabilities, positive feelings towards the work and the organization, as well as negative experiences such as stress.
The overall finding is that the employees of the SSA State Project Set-up, Tamil Nadu are happy with the
AT SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAAN
STATE PROJECT SET-UP, TAMIL NADU
A STUDY
conducted by
Dr. G. Revathi
Loyola Institute of Business Administration
Loyola College
Chennai 600 034
2008
i
ABSTRACT
The culture of any organization, although it can be variously defined, includes the shared norms and values that guide organizational participants’ behaviour. The Management of the SSA State
Project office, Tamil Nadu commissioned this study to understand the organization’s culture from the perspective of the employees – specifically, the Block Resource Teacher Educators
(BRTEs).
According to the management, many improvements have been made in the functioning of the organization, that have resulted in its becoming less bureaucratic and more flexible, and which have encouraged more openness and freedom at work. Unplanned, general observation by the management led to the belief that these changes had helped to improve both individual performance as well as the overall effectiveness of the organization.
This study on “Organization Culture at SSA – State Project Set-up, Tamil Nadu” was undertaken to verify if the employees also shared this perception, namely, that the changes that had been made in the organization had truly led to improvements. In addition, the study also captured employee attitudes towards various aspects of the organization.
Using an instrument developed for this study, 1177 BRTEs of thirty districts of Tamil Nadu were queried on organizational improvements pertaining to freedom at work, communication, training, role clarity, leadership, trust, and team cohesiveness; as well as on individual attitudes or feelings such as pride in the organization, confidence in own leadership capabilities, positive feelings towards the work and the organization, as well as negative experiences such as stress.
The overall finding is that the employees of the SSA State Project Set-up, Tamil Nadu are happy with the
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