The difference between positive and negative organizational cultures

In positive organizational cultures employees are proud of to be a part of the organization and they can devote themselves for continuous quality improvement. They will help each other to meet the targets and they will enjoy the process. In this kind of organizational culture employees will feel that they can add value to the organization and processes and their ideas and opinions are important for the whole organization. Positive thinking is considered as the main energy source of the organization. Employees can envision new opportunities and are open for change. They believe that they can solve their own problems and they can take risks for improvement and learning.

On the other hand, in negative organizational cultures employees will prefer to defend themselves and they will spend their energy to confront each other. They will refrain from taking risks in fear of punishment. They will resist change and will try to maintain status quo.