Nonprofit Organizational Assessment

bound to be more difficult than cultural maintenance because it entails
introducing something new and substantially different from what prevails in
existing cultures. People often resist changes, hence it is the duty of
management to convince people that likely gain will outweigh the losses. Besides
institutionalization, deification is another process that tends to occur in strongly
developed organizational cultures. The organization itself may come to be
regarded as precious in itself, as a source of pride, and in some sense unique.
The organization's members begin to feel a strong bond with it that transcends
material returns, and they begin to identify with it. The organization turns into a
sort of clan.
Mergers and Cultural Leadership
One of the biggest obstacles in the way of the merging of two organizations is
organizational culture. Each organization has its own unique culture and most often,
when brought together, these cultures clash. When mergers fail employees point to
issues such as identity, communication problems, human resources problems, ego
clashes, and inter-group conflicts, which all fall under the category of "cultural
differences".
One way to combat such difficulties is through cultural leadership. Organizational
leaders must also be cultural leaders and help facilitate the change from the two old
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