The Role Of The Organizational Culture In Ensuring The Effectiveness Of The Management System

The worldwide economy is nowadays revolving around multinational corporations whose activity evolved around declared organizational values, which influences the decision-making process. The values are the essence of the companies’ identity, the core their vision is built on; they give shape and consistency to the organizational culture and guide their functioning principles. The results presented in this study are part of an extended research, whose purpose is to determine the assessment and analysis model of the organizational culture in order to identify and implement good management practices within an IT&C company in Romania. As a result, this article aims to present the respective role, the influence of the organizational culture over the effectiveness of the management system of the company. The study approaches the analysis of the influence of the organizational culture dimensions (adaptability, mission, consistency and involvement) over the effectiveness of the management system with its component elements: leadership, general management practices and management practices of human resources. The results of our research emphasize the direct and active role of the organizational culture over the effectiveness of the company’s management system, the object of this study. Moreover, it is proven that a strong culture that has a clear direction and purpose, together with a system of fundamental values shared by the members of the company, facilitates the fulfilment of the general and individual objectives to its performance standards representing not only a strong stability source and internal integration, but also ensuring the competitive advantage.