YENİLİKLERİN KABULÜ VE YENİLİKLERE UYUM SAĞLAMADA KURUM KÜLTÜRÜ: ÜNİVERSİTE HAZIRLIK BİRİMLERİNDEKİ İNGİLİZCE OKUTMANLARININ ALGISI

Yeniliklerin kabul edilmesi kararına ve yeniliklere uyum sağlamaya etki eden değişkenlerden biri mevcut kurum kültürüdür. Kurum kültürü yeni düşünce ve uygulamaların kabulünü kolaylaştırabilir ya da engelleyebilir; bu, kurum kültürünün göstergeleri ve planlanan değişim arasındaki ilişkiyi inceleme sürecini gerektirir. Bu göstergeler, ilgili kurumlardaki yönetim ve personel yapısı, iletişim kanalları ve karar alma mekanizmaları ile ilgili olabilir. Bu makalede, bir okulun kurum kültürünün nasıl belirlendiği ve kurumun yapısı ile değişim ve yeniliğe karşı tutumu arasındaki ilişki, bir araştırma yoluyla katılımcıların sağladığı cevaplar ile ortaya çıkan bakış açısına gönderme yapılarak tartışılmaktadır. Araştırma, 2010-2011 akademik yılında İstanbul’daki 5 devlet ve 7 özel üniversitenin İngilizce hazırlık birimlerinde çalışan 342 okutman ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sonuçlar, katılımcı üniversitelerin kurum kültürlerinin bazı bileşenlerinin- mekanik yapıya sahip olmaları gibi-değişiklikler yapmaya ve yenilikleri benimsemeye karşı direnç gösteriyor görünmesine rağmen kurumların ilgili yeniliği kendi kültürlerine yerleştirmelerine olanak sağlayacak diğer bileşenleri ile- iletişim kanallarının açık olması ve karar alma sistemlerinin katılımcı olması gibi- değişim ve yeniliğe açık olabileceklerini göstermektedir

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Kurum Kültürü, Kurumsal Yapı, Karar Alma Mekanizmaları, Eğitim Kurumlarında Yenilik

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN ACCEPTING AND ADAPTING TO INNOVATIONS: PERCEPTIONS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LECTURERS AT PREPARATORY UNITS AT UNIVERSITIES

One of the variables having an effect on the decision of accepting and adapting to innovations is the existent organizational culture of an institution. Organizational culture might potentially facilitate or impede the reception of new ideas and practices, which necessitates the process of investigating the relationship between the indicators of organizational culture and the intended change. These indicators might be to do with the management and staff structure, communication channels, and decision-making mechanisms at the related institutions. In this article, how the organizational culture of a school is identified, and the relationship between the structure of an organization and its attitude towards change and innovation will be discussed with reference to the perspectives revealed through the responses participants provided via research. The research was carried out with 342 lecturers working in English preparatory divisions of 5 public and 7 private universities in Istanbul in the academic year of 2010-2011. The results indicate that although some of the components of the organizational culture of the participating universities appear to be resistant to making changes and adopting innovations, such as the institutions’ having mechanistic structure, the organizations might be open to change and innovation with the other constituents like having open communication channels and participatory decision-making systems, which will allow the institutions to make the related innovation fit into their culture.

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