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ORGANISATION CLIMATE

ABSTRACT

Climate for an organization is some what like personality for a person. “Just as
every individual has a personality that makes each person unique, each organization has an
organizational climate that clearly distinguishes its personality from other organization”. The
concept of organizational climate was formalized by the human religionists in the year 1940s.
Now it has become a very useful metaphor for thinking about and describing the social setting of
the organization.

Organization climate is the summery perceptions which people have about an

organization. It is the global expression of what the organization is organizational climate is the
manifestation of the attitudes of organizational members towards the organization itself. When
considered collectively, the action of the individual become more meaningful for viewing the
total impact upon the climate and determining the stability of the work environment. It should
be noted that the climate within subsystem (department), these will be integrated to a certain
extent to denote overall organizational climate.

Organizational climate convey the impressions people have of the organizational internal
environment within which they work. It may also be viewed as the degree to which
organizational rules enforced by the administrative components. It may refer to the extent to
which persons are treated as “human beings” rather than as “cogs” in the market.

According to Joe Kelly defines organizational “climate as climate may be thought as the
perception of the characteristics of an organization”.
 Research is defined as a “Systematized Effort To Gain New Knowledge”. Research
comprises defining and redefining problems, formulating hypothesis or suggest solutions,
collecting, organizing and evaluating data, making deductions and reaching conclusions and at
last carefully testing the conclusions to determine whether they fit the formulating hypothesis. It
refers to the systematic method consisting of enunciating the problem, formulating a hypothesis,
collecting the fact the data, analyzing the facts the reaching certain conclusion and either in the
form of solution towards the concerned problem or in certain generalization for some theoretical
formulation.

A research design is an arrangement of conditions for collection and analysis of data in a

manner that aim combine with relevance to the research purpose with economy in procedure.
The researcher had done descriptive research for studying the attitude of the employee.

Convenient random sampling is adopted as sampling technique. It is also known as Non-

probability sampling where each and every item in the population has an equal chance of
inclusion in the sample and each one of possible samples in case finite universes, has the same
probability of being selected.

The nature of organizational climate will be clear from its following characteristics:

 General Perception :

Organizational climate is a general expression of what an organization is. It represents the

summery perception which people have about an organization.

 Quality Concept :

It is an abstract and intangible concept. It is difficult to explain the components of

organizational climate in quantifiable units.

 Distinct Identity:

It reflects how an organization is different from other organizations. It gives a distinct

identity to the organization.
  Enduring Quality :

It is built up over a period of time. It represents a relatively enduring quality of the

internal environment that is experienced by the organizational members

 Multi –Dimensional Concept :

There are several dimensional of the concept of organizational climate such as individual
autonomy, authority structure, leadership style, pattern of communication, degree of conflict and
cooperation , etc.