| Abstract: | Organization culture is a pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it
solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration that has worked well
enough to be considered valid (Schein, 1992). It is a primary component of functional
decision making in universities. In order to let administrators, faculty, and staff to
effectively and efficiently coordinate the academic environment in St Mary’s University
College, a continuous cultural assessment and related change are necessary. The
purpose of this study is to explore the concept of culture at a Main campus of the
University College. Specifically, 50 Members of the university college consisting of
regular degree program students, academic and administrative as well as administrative
support staffs are studied with regard to three main levels of culture with respect to the
University College’s Artifacts, Espoused Values, and Basic Underlying Assumptions.
The Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) is mainly utilized in
addition to interview and document analysis to determine how culture of the university
impacts the perceptions, thoughts, and feelings of respondents. In this paper, results of
the OCAI are examined in terms of how the college members rated the current
university college culture and what they would prefer it to be in next five years using
descriptive co- relational analysis method. The Hierarchy culture is dominant in the
current situation however the clan culture has been preferred. It is observed that the
respondent’s perceptions of the current Main campus culture negatively coincide with
the overall mission, goals, and core values of the University College. |
