Friday, June 19, 2009
Chapter 5- Organizational Assimilation
We have all at one time or another been a so called "newcomer". Organizational assimilation talks about that very topic in organizations. At first most employee's preconceived thoughts about the job and quickly disintegrated. The goal of a new employee is to figure out what role they are supposed to perform. We learn that in many organization the CEO's give a welcoming speech to new employees, but they soon realize the reality of the job. Most newcomers can not risk asking a irrelevant question, so they go about it by looking for information through other colleges, customers, or company messages. Once they have figured out the normal procedures, the employee becomes more comfortable. And a certain degree of comfort should be with in all employees in my opinion. If an employee is not comfortable, than it is likely that there work will negatively reflect so. On the other side of things, some employee's that become too comfortable end up also slacking at the role possibly because of entitlement. That is why when ever I am employed I try to have the right degree of comfortabilty, so that I am also on top of my job.
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Great post on organizational assimilation. You made good references to new hire experiences. I absolutely agree with you on finding the right level of comfortability and that being too comfortable leads to complacency. I find that when new hires come in with the attitude that they already own the place, their colleagues have an immediate dislike for the new hire's cocky attitude and when a new hire comes in with a timid attitude, they tend to get walked on by their colleagues. There's a fine balance between knowing that you're new and wanting to adjust to company culture and knowing you're new and being resistant to assimilation because you want to keep some sort of individuality.
ReplyDeleteThe right comfortability can vary from person to person I think. Because I know for myself that I like to know absolutely everything. I like to know what to expect, what to do in situation x, y or z. That being said, I still will perform to the degree that is expected. I believe being comfortable with your role and work ethic are closely related.
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