Describe why changing an organization's culture is so difficult and how change is possible.

Changing a culture is difficult for at least three reasons.First,cultures give employees an organizational identity.It tells customers and others what the organization stands for.Second,culture provides stability.Third,culture helps focus its employees' behaviors.One of the functions of a culture is to help employees understand why the organization does what is does and how it intends to accomplish its long-term goals.
Successfully changing organizational culture requires understanding the old culture first because a new culture can't be developed unless managers and employees understand where they're starting from.It also requires providing support for employees and teams who have ideas for a better culture and are willing to act on those ideas.Finding the most effective subculture in the organization and using it as an example from which employees can learn can help change culture.Not attacking culture head on but finding ways to help employees and teams do their jobs more effectively is essential in changing culture as is treating the vision of a new culture as a guiding principle for change,not as a miracle cure.Other tips include recognizing that significant organization-wide cultural change takes 5 to 10 years;and living the new culture because actions speak louder than words.