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Introduction:

Organizations have a number of different roles and images that they take on each day; and this is clear from the Morgan’s eight metaphors. The paper aims at discussing the role of organizations as Cultures. The eight metaphors that organisations take on include Machines, Organisms, Cultures, Political Systems, Brains, Psychic Prisons, Instrument of Dominations and Flux & transformation (Buchanan and Huczynski).

//**We can discuss a few aspects of organisations like the organisational structure and the various features that are a part of the organisational culture versus the national culture**//.

Culture:

//**Since the main focus of this assignment is on the ‘culture’ aspect of the organisation more focus will be on the same**//.

Gareth Morgan has described organizational culture as: ‘The set of the set of beliefs, values, and norms, together with symbols like dramatized events and personalities that represents the unique character of an organization, and provides the context for action in it and by it’ (Morgan). There have also been a number of other opinions and definitions that have been provided for the concept of organizational culture.

According to Schein, organizational culture is, ‘A pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems that has worked well enough to be considered valid and is passed on to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems’ (Schein).The culture of an organization in a number of ways conveys the identity of the members of the organization and also allows for the commitment to be highlighted larger than self interest. The organizational culture is like fixing glue which keeps the organization together and also helps in providing set standards for the employees...