The Role of Leadership in Shaping Organizational Culture
Recent research stated that “[c]ompanies with an established  organizational culture that includes strong capabilities for change,  commitment  to innovation and a high level of trust have a significant  advantage” when  attempting to adopt a strategy of broad-based corporate  sustainability (Eccles,  Perkins, & Serafeim, 2013). Yet an Ethics  Resource Center (2012) survey  found that 42% of respondents felt their  organizations exhibited signs of a  weak ethics culture with a low  degree of trust and transparency. Organizational  leaders should have a  strong incentive to identify and address any disparities  that exist  between their organization’s current culture and a productive  healthy  one. They must understand the impact they can have as leaders in   facilitating an organizational culture, determining the necessary steps  to build that culture, and taking the necessary action to create a  healthy organizational culture.

To prepare:

• Reflect on all you have learned about leadership and leadership theory throughout this course. Begin searching for scholarly references about the relationship between leadership and organizational culture. Reflect on the leadership characteristics and skills that are useful in promoting a healthy organizational culture. Also, consider the leadership styles that promote a healthy organizational culture. Think about the impact on organizational culture of how a leader responds to specific situations, such as crises. Reflect on how a leader might use power to promote a healthy organizational culture and how a leader can promote ethics in a healthy organization.

The “To prepare”  is intended to aid in your  reflection upon how the various leadership theories  and other topics  throughout the course relate to organizational culture.  However, you  are free to analyze other facets of the relationship between  leadership  and organizational culture.

By Day 7 of Week  7, submit an 8-page  comprehensive scholarly analysis of the role leadership plays in shaping an  organizational culture.

Your  paper must contain ten scholarly  resources.  These can be a combination of the Learning Resources used throughout   this course and new scholarly resources. Your paper should adhere to the  APA Course Paper Template found in the Walden University Online Writing  Center. The  link is located in this Module’s Learning Resources.