THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING (IN CASE OF GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOLS IN AYER TENA: EWKAT LEFRA AND AYER TENA HIGH SCHOOL)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to understand the impacts of organizational culture especially internal communication in organizations and the value, in managerial decision making process. The impact that is practitioners associated with this functions were addressed specific objective Identifing cultural factors influencing the routine activities in decision-making, distinguish the style of information flowed in the organization in vertical and horizontal structural hierarchies and measure the impacts of values in a team over the decision making process.This study focuses on the implications of organizational culture (human resource management,internal communication and value) from managerial decision making process perspective. Incase descriptive survey method employed asaresult, Simple and purposive sampling techniques used. The data collected through self-administrative questioners, structured interview and document analysis were carried out. The study has conducted in governmental organizations in Ayer Tena and Ewekat Lafra High Schools. A sample of research has taken from the all employees with the experience of one year and above. Data analysis made using descriptive statics, frequency, mean, standard deviation and percentage followed by correlation and regression to compare and enter related findings. Finding of the study that analyzed through the Pearson correlation analysis indicated that each variables strongly correlated with the decision making process, as a result the decision making process depends on organizational culture. The regression analysis result also showed that 19.3 percent of decision making process significantly affected by organizational culture. Especially human resource management had great impact on the decision making process. The decision-making practices were highly dominated by the organizational culture in a way of human resource management followed by value of individuals in a team and way of communication takes place in the school. The overall research indicated that the organizational culture was in a contradicted manner with the decision making process.as areasult the outher suggests that the organization must correlate their decision making process with the formal law of the organization rather than being dependent all in all to the organizational culture.