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Figure 1. <strong>UniKL</strong> transforming its traditional culture <strong>to</strong> a per‐<br />

formance‐driven culture<br />

formance culture organization is the transforma‐<br />

tion from its traditional culture <strong>to</strong>wards a per‐<br />

formance‐driven culture organization as charac‐<br />

terized by the following Figure 1.<br />

Looking at the attributes of a performance–<br />

driven culture a critical point that can be ob‐<br />

served is the focus on the external. Focusing on<br />

the external includes external stakeholders such<br />

as the cus<strong>to</strong>mers as well as own family mem‐<br />

bers. <strong>UniKL</strong>’s most important cus<strong>to</strong>mer, namely<br />

the students, is the actual drivers who drive or‐<br />

ganizational members <strong>to</strong> become high perform‐<br />

ance workers through the embrace of a positive<br />

work culture.<br />

The role of high‐performance workers would not<br />

be sustainable without balancing work and fam‐<br />

ily lives. Proper balancing of work and family<br />

lives by organizational members that is well sup‐<br />

ported by management helps sustain high per‐<br />

formance‐driven culture in the organization. On<br />

<strong>MIMET</strong> Technical Bulletin Volume 1 (2) 2010<br />

the contrary, traditional organizational work cul‐<br />

ture would have focused on the internal, which<br />

is directed more <strong>to</strong>wards own self, while neglect‐<br />

ing important external stakeholders.<br />

Sourcing on issues concerning balancing work<br />

and family (Peter Berg et al., 2003) revealed that<br />

the culture of the workplace can have a signifi‐<br />

cant impact on the ability of workers <strong>to</strong> balance<br />

their work and family lives. The article further<br />

examined the effects of high‐performance work<br />

practices on workers’ views about whether the<br />

company helps them balance work and family.<br />

Based on previous surveys the article managed<br />

<strong>to</strong> show that a high‐commitment work environ‐<br />

ment characterized by high‐performance work<br />

practices and intrinsically rewarding jobs posi‐<br />

tively influences workers’ perceptions that the<br />

organization is helping them achieve this work<br />

and family balance. This finding is in line with<br />

what exists at <strong>UniKL</strong> with regards <strong>to</strong> work life<br />

balance, rewards and recognition.<br />

Like in any other organizational culture, making<br />

it succeed and maintaining its success would<br />

| MARINE FRONTIER @ <strong>UniKL</strong><br />

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