Values are the diverse patterns of regulations, entered into by all persons in a given environment and incorporated into their thoughts and actions (Reed, Turial, & Brown, 1996). Values may have different meanings for different individuals. These values are shaped up from the way individuals have been raised and the different experiences that individuals gather as they grow up. Certain things that are important for one may not be important for others. For example, a child raised in the family of soldiers would value time and would regard value punctuality greatly than children raised in other families. Similarly, in my family, I grew up listening to people remarking how honest my father was and how if he had been like other people, we would have accumulated huge amount of properties. This bringing up of mine made me notify my supervisor, every time a customer would try to bribe me to pass good remarks on their behalf so that they could get their loan sanctioned. I have come across such incidents several times while I was associated with a co-operative. But each time, I would deny any such offers and notify my seniors. Organizational values are the beliefs and ideas about standards of behavior that organizational members should exhibit in the endeavor to achieve organizational goals within the organizational community (Thomas, 2013). Each organization has its own set of values that the members of the organization are bound to follow. An individual’s value and organizational values are co-related. Organization values have grown from the value of the individuals that has shaped the organization cultural (Andolšek, 1995).
An organization cannot be on its way to success until the organization and its members have a shared value. Some of the values that I hold within my organization are Integrity, Continuous Learning, Mutual respect and responsibility and Leadership. Nobody is perfect. This is something that is reinforced continuously in my workplace. We believe that we all have the capability to learn and improve ourselves continuously. We indeed make mistakes, sometimes simple ones, but we can always enhance our learnings and revamp our results.
Similarly, Leadership is something that we value in our organization. I personally believe that a true leader is someone who creates more leaders and not followers. And this is something that is reflected precisely by the CEO of our organization. He values and respects each member of the team and continuously persuading us all towards leadership. We have a shared vision that leadership is not merely being in the top position of the company but leading in the work you are currently doing. Likewise, I too keep encouraging younger team members in the organization to take charge and lead different projects.
Spending your time and attention wisely is being engaged in the things we has more value in our life. According to Henry Ford,” If you think you can, or you think you can’t, either way you are correct.” And I use this statement quite often in my life. When one is committed towards something, then that individual would spend their time in activities that would enable them to achieve their commitments. Likewise, when the members and the organizational values are shared, then the members would spend their time working rigorously in achieving the vision of the organization.
Correspondingly for leaders, it is essential to spend some time to transfer these values into the members of the organization. They should communicate effectively in order to inspire these values. Our CEO is like an elder brother and we work in quite an informal setting. He spends huge portion of his time talking to us about how we can take our organization further and how vital the role each of us play in achieving this. It might seem unnecessary considering we all know our job and we can do it on a daily basis. But he feels responsible for developing a sense of leadership in each of us and hence, keeps pushing us to extend our limits and making us believe that we can indeed achieve what we dream of.
References
Andolšek, M. (1995). Organizacijska kultura. Ljubljana, Slovenia: Gospodarski vestnik.
Reed, E. S., Turial, E., & Brown, T. (1996). Values and Knowledge. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Thomas, T. P. (2013). The Effect of Personal Values, Organizational Values, and Person-Organization Fit on Ethical Behaviors and Organizational Commitment Outcomes among Substance Abuse Counselors: A Preliminary Investigation.
What are some examples of values that you have with respect to professional work? What is
meant by "Spending your Time and Attention Wisely" when it comes to these values?
How do your professional values relate to your current or past employer’s values?
Are they aligned?
Do they overlap?
Is one set broader than the other?
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Values are the diverse patterns of regulations, entered into by all persons in a given environment and incorporated into their thoughts and actions (Reed, Turial, & Brown, 1996). Values may have different meanings for different individuals. These values are shaped up from the way individuals have been raised and the different experiences that individuals gather as they grow up. Certain things that are important for one may not be important for others. For example, a child raised in the family of soldiers would value time and would regard value punctuality greatly than children raised in other families. Similarly, in my family, I grew up listening to people remarking how honest my father was and how if he had been like other people, we would have accumulated huge amount of properties. This bringing up of mine made me notify my supervisor, every time a customer would try to bribe me to pass good remarks on their behalf so that they could get their loan sanctioned. I have come across such incidents several times while I was associated with a co-operative. But each time, I would deny any such offers and notify my seniors. Organizational values are the beliefs and ideas about standards of behavior that organizational members should exhibit in the endeavor to achieve organizational goals within the organizational community (Thomas, 2013). Each organization has its own set of values that the members of the organization are bound to follow. An individual’s value and organizational values are co-related. Organization values have grown from the value of the individuals that has shaped the organization cultural (Andolšek, 1995).
An organization cannot be on its way to success until the organization and its members have a shared value. Some of the values that I hold within my organization are Integrity, Continuous Learning, Mutual respect and responsibility and Leadership. Nobody is perfect. This is something that is reinforced continuously in my workplace. We believe that we all have the capability to learn and improve ourselves continuously. We indeed make mistakes, sometimes simple ones, but we can always enhance our learnings and revamp our results.
Similarly, Leadership is something that we value in our organization. I personally believe that a true leader is someone who creates more leaders and not followers. And this is something that is reflected precisely by the CEO of our organization. He values and respects each member of the team and continuously persuading us all towards leadership. We have a shared vision that leadership is not merely being in the top position of the company but leading in the work you are currently doing. Likewise, I too keep encouraging younger team members in the organization to take charge and lead different projects.
Spending your time and attention wisely is being engaged in the things we has more value in our life. According to Henry Ford,” If you think you can, or you think you can’t, either way you are correct.” And I use this statement quite often in my life. When one is committed towards something, then that individual would spend their time in activities that would enable them to achieve their commitments. Likewise, when the members and the organizational values are shared, then the members would spend their time working rigorously in achieving the vision of the organization.
Correspondingly for leaders, it is essential to spend some time to transfer these values into the members of the organization. They should communicate effectively in order to inspire these values. Our CEO is like an elder brother and we work in quite an informal setting. He spends huge portion of his time talking to us about how we can take our organization further and how vital the role each of us play in achieving this. It might seem unnecessary considering we all know our job and we can do it on a daily basis. But he feels responsible for developing a sense of leadership in each of us and hence, keeps pushing us to extend our limits and making us believe that we can indeed achieve what we dream of.
References
Andolšek, M. (1995). Organizacijska kultura. Ljubljana, Slovenia: Gospodarski vestnik.
Reed, E. S., Turial, E., & Brown, T. (1996). Values and Knowledge. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Thomas, T. P. (2013). The Effect of Personal Values, Organizational Values, and Person-Organization Fit on Ethical Behaviors and Organizational Commitment Outcomes among Substance Abuse Counselors: A Preliminary Investigation.
What are some examples of values that you have with respect to professional work? What is
meant by "Spending your Time and Attention Wisely" when it comes to these values?
How do your professional values relate to your current or past employer’s values?
Are they aligned?
Do they overlap?
Is one set broader than the other?