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OCI Paper
I applied the Organizational Cultural Inventory (OCI) with the intention that it is a fictional company, J Enterprises. It will be assumed that it is one of the largest financial services companies in the world. The main emphasis of the responses comes from the department in which I work. However, the results could be indicative of the entire company.
The OCI Circumplex showed that the company has a culture with moderately strong Oppositional and Humanistic-Encouraging styles. It also significantly displays Avoidance and Self-Actualizing styles. The two least prominent styles are Perfectionistic and Approval. At first glance, the organization may seem to be working against itself, since the styles are on opposite sides of the circumplex. This is not really the case though.
This organization prides itself on being detail oriented. Because of this, members are encouraged to point out mistakes when mistakes are found. That is a characteristic of an Oppositional style. However, this company focuses on a "Don't Ask Who, Ask Why" ideology. For example, when an error is discovered in the processing of a transaction, a person is expected to find out why it occurred more than who committed the error. In addition, that person feels comfortable communicating the issue to coworkers of all levels. This reflects a Humanistic-Encouraging style.
Even though this organization scored in the moderate range for Avoidance, by evaluating further, it has a specifically high characteristic that causes this. The main trait that ...