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Dimensions, Magnitude and Impact of Organizational Climate:An Empirical Study of Private Schools in Dehradun-Mussoorie Belt


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The creation of a healthy, motivating organizational climate should be the aim of management. Studying organizational climate is imperative to understanding how organizations function at their core. Knowledge of climate variables enables management to direct those forces towards the accomplishment of organizational goals. Climate release, channel, facilitate or constrain the energy of an organization's human resources resulting in a profound impact on the motivation level of its members. Additionally, knowing about the specific organizational climate and the way in which people with individual personalities, value systems, needs and motives respond to different climates help one to understand and explain behaviour in organizations. An assessment of the climate, accordingly, is of paramount importance for any organization. In this research paper, researchers have studied the organizational climate at the private schools in Dehrdaun-Mussoorie belt that have significantly contributed towards creating an educational hub in the belt.

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Organizational Climate, Autonomy, OCTAPACE.
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Authors

Amar Kumar Mishra
IMS Unison University, Dehradun, India
Pragati Agarwal
IMS Unison University, Dehradun, India

Abstract


The creation of a healthy, motivating organizational climate should be the aim of management. Studying organizational climate is imperative to understanding how organizations function at their core. Knowledge of climate variables enables management to direct those forces towards the accomplishment of organizational goals. Climate release, channel, facilitate or constrain the energy of an organization's human resources resulting in a profound impact on the motivation level of its members. Additionally, knowing about the specific organizational climate and the way in which people with individual personalities, value systems, needs and motives respond to different climates help one to understand and explain behaviour in organizations. An assessment of the climate, accordingly, is of paramount importance for any organization. In this research paper, researchers have studied the organizational climate at the private schools in Dehrdaun-Mussoorie belt that have significantly contributed towards creating an educational hub in the belt.

Keywords


Organizational Climate, Autonomy, OCTAPACE.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15410/aijm%2F2016%2Fv5i1%2F90353