Wandering in the internet I found a few definitions of Corporate Culture and Natitonal Identity, I looked for them because I want to settle the relation between both. First I come with the definitions of Corporate Culture:
"Organizational culture is an idea in the field of Organizational studies and management which describes the psychology, attitudes, experiences ...
is the set of values, beliefs, and relationships between individuals and functions that guide the decisions of the company in order to achieve its objectives. It results in behaviour that has been learned within a group or transferred between individuals over time. ...
The values, processes and encouraged behaviours in an organisation. "The way things are done around here".
The values, beliefs, assumptions and symbols that define the way in which the organisation conducts its business.
These ones were found at http://www.google.com.co/search?hl=es&defl=en&q=define:Corporate+Culture&ei=9V9vS_jkHoyWtgeV5ICSBg&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAoQkAE
In February the 7th 2010 at 8:00 P.M.
I've also found another definition for Corporate Culture:
"What is corporate culture? It is something that managers have to establish and run all the way through a business, with clear values and beliefs, successful business principles and operations, and a suitable emphasis on human resources and customer satisfaction.
To a large extent, those at the very top, with their example, words and actions, determine the goals, philosophy and principles of the organization."
This information was found at http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/business-management/corporate-culture.php in February the 7th 2010 at 8:02 P.M.
Reading a document I found another definition of Corporate Culture, here it is:
" Corporate culture describes the whole collection of assumptions, practices and norms that people in an organization adopt over time."
Citation:GREGORY J. MILLMAN. Corporate Culture: Morte myth than reality?Electronic Paper.
Now we'll see the definitions of National Identity:
"A sense of, and pride in, the character of one’s nation.
This information was found at http://www.google.com.co/search?hl=es&defl=en&q=define:National+identity&ei=4l9vS-qwBo-Wtgfz8qmIBg&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAoQkAE In February 7th 2010 at 8:08 P.M.
"The term used to describe the attachment people feel to their nation. In Britain one may speak of separate national identities for the Scots, the Welsh, the English and the Irish, but also of an overarching identity with the UK. A national identity is supposed to include a common history, a set of shared values and state institutions as well as a common culture."
This information was found at http://www.hf.ntnu.no/engelsk/courses/egw/114/british/bt.htm In February 7th 2010 at 8:10 P.M.
RELATION:
I can see they have many relations. At least I can see that the belonging to a Nation, in some cases, is similar to belonging to a Company, for example a worker of Google should be pride of working in such an enterprise, full of succes and with a joyful working environment, he could say "I WORK IN GOOGLE and I'M PRIDE OF DOING SO", as also he can say "I'M A COLOMBIAN, and I'M PRIDE OF BEING SO", the feeling of beloonging to something you love is one of the relations I can find.
I've also found that in many cases, the culture where the company is from has a big impact on its processes and projects, for example punctuality, order, quality, intracorporate relations.You can say company from Japan tends to be more ordered, centered on honor in their relationships with other cultures and companies, looking always the best in quality and human service, or a company from Germany would be centered on hard work, quality, advanced technology (like a Japanese Co.) and other characteristics of German Culture. BUT as the time goes by and Globalization gets stronger and stronger some companies tend to be multicultural and are beggining to take everything that's good from each culture, or, it can also happen that in some cases a Foreign company coming to a country, lets say Colombia, gets here by franchising, when this happens although there are some standards of quality from the mother company, the people of the country where the franchise was bought are going to work according to their Corporate culture, and in MANY cases won't be influenced by the culture of the mother company.
Sebastián Posada
Universidad EAFIT,
Medellin, Colombia,February 2010.
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