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Ivisible and invisible culture5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Physical space, resources, and equipment can significantly alter behavior.įor example, I remember my days as a front-line factory worker where employees would argue over who got to sit in one of the few chairs on the lines. The visible environment in the workplace consists of the building, lighting, furniture, equipment, and space. The internal environment can be described in two subsets: The visible internal and the invisible internal. This article introduces the idea that both the internal and external environment influences culture, and that culture is more than your work environment and more than what meets the eye. What’s usually missing is understanding how the external environment influences culture.” Edgar Schein, said in an interview, “ Culture is what a group learns as its way of surviving and both getting along internally and solving its problems externally. One of the top thought leaders on culture, Dr. When people talk about culture they are usually referring to the internal environment and “the way we do things around here.” But culture is much bigger than the internal environment. ![]() At a time when the country is divided over second amendment rights, gun control, and public safety, why would a company like Dick’s make such a decision? Was it the discovery that Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old responsible for the attack, had purchased a gun from Dick’s previously? Was it because of the millennials protesting gun violence? What are the cultural implications? These answers can be found by looking at how the environment influences decision-making, public opinion, leadership, and culture. In addition, the guns they will still carry they will only be sold to those 21 years and older. Edward Stack, CEO of one of the nation's largest retail stores in Dick’s Sporting Goods, took a bold stand to no longer sell assault rifles in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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