Culture: Creating High Performance Organizations

Becoming a high performance firm means being the best at something. This is achieved through modeling behaviors of firms that are top performers. By focusing all of its energy on providing all the tools necessary for its employees to excel at their jobs high performance firms develop dynamic thinking will keep their most talented employees. In providing a culture that anticipates the next change the organization can strive towards becoming a high performing firm. Effective change involves improvement within the organization that focuses on the customer, improving and managing work processes, and strengthening employee’s involvement.

The biggest challenge for a company today lies in being able to adapt to the sudden changes in today’s business environment. Companies must be able to react quickly to the markets to compete in a global economy and in order to do so it will be necessary for firms to establish a continual improvement within their organization. The top issues in the driving force of change are people, culture, and tasks. In order for a firm to survive, they need to be positioned to adapt to a shift in the organizations goals and direction to meet with the current market demands. The proper alignment between the relationship of culture, processes, and people allows the organization to integrate the knowledge which will improve their performance.