Subcultures Within An Organizational Culture
Whether it is a charitable organization, a company or a club there are always subdivisions. For example, a charitable organization may have administrators, office workers, fund raisers, field workers and etc. Each of these divisions will have a separate subculture even though they all participate in the organizational culture and purpose of the charitable organization.
The fund raisers, for example, may meet together on their own to plan strategies or share successes with each other. The field workers may meet together or with others to report on how the distributed charitable funds are being used.
Each of these groups share a commonality that is individual to that group even though they also share the organizational culture of the whole. Each of these groups can have more or less structure. They may have leaders or act as a cooperative. Some may be innovative and some may adhere strictly to the perceived values and rules of the parent organization.
Some groups may have a similar enough culture within to allow for social interaction outside the workplace.
Organizational Culture
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