Restoring Culture

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Every school has its unique style of working which contributes to its culture. According to Martinez et al. (2015), culture is formed from the values, principles, ideologies, and beliefs of characterizing a specific organization or an institution. As a community, the behavior of the staff, as well as that of the students of Hillside High School, is controlled by the culture around the school complemented by the outside community. However, as the newly appointed principal of the school after conducting an extensive evaluation of the school culture it is apparent that it is unhealthy and negative. For example, around the school, there is a sense of lack of focus, departmental autonomy, and poor motivation. This reveals that the school does not have a proper working plan hence having to deal with the reality of disorganization. As a consequence, there is an urgent need that the school community comes together so that to improve its organizational culture.

            Firstly, to improve organizational culture, there are various actionable steps or mechanism, for example, transparency that should effectively be incorporated in the school's values, principles, ideologies, and beliefs. Transparency will not just...