Compare your findings with those of your peers.

Defining an organizational culture Schein’s definition of organizational culture, as quoted in Concept 1.2, is as follows:

(a) a pattern of basic assumptions,

(b) invented, discovered, or developed by a given group,

(c) as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration,

(d) that has worked well enough to be considered valid and, therefore

(e) is to be taught to new members as the

(f) correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to chosen problems.