ORGANIZATION CULTURE AND ITS IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR UNIVERSITIES

Lect. Abid AHMAD
Prof. Dr. Nasir KARIM
Prof. Dr. Farzand Ali JAN

ABSTRACT

culture is a vibrant component of effective & efficient administrative practices in
higher education institutes (HEIs) and is linked with progress and success. This
research examines the impact of organization culture on organization performance in
public and private sector universities of district Peshawar and presents a comparison of the
impact in both the sectors. Impact of the three levels of cultural analysis, Artifacts,
Espoused Beliefs & Values and Basic Underlying Assumptions on Organization
Performance is measured and discussed. Schein Model of Organization Culture (Schein,
2004) and Balance Scorecard (BSC) for non-profit organizations (Kaplan, 2001) are used to
examine the relationship between organizational performance (as dependent variable) and
organizational culture (as independent variable). The research establish that organization
culture have a strong positive impact on organization performance and that in public sector
universities the ‘Artifacts’ and in private sector universities the ‘Espoused Belief and
Values’ have greater impact on organization performance.

Keywords: Organization Culture , Organization Performance , Artifacts , Espoused Beliefs and Values , Basic Underlying Assumptions.

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