Organizational culture, sometimes also referred to as corporate culture, is a general term that outlines the collective attitudes, beliefs, common experiences, procedures, and values that are prevalent in an organization and others similar to it. Organizational culture is the phrase much more likely to be used within the corporate world itself, as it also affects shareholders, who may or may not be directly involved beyond ownership of x number of shares of company stock. A general standard of behavior is expected, so every worker knows to some extent what is expected out of them before even the first day. This helps to create unity and increase general worker efficiency. Organizational culture helps to establish the expected guidelines, expectations, and rules that will help the company achieve their goals.A company or corporation that has a staff which responds strongly to organizational values and can successfully pass that on to the workers at every level are considered to be part of a "strong culture." Inversely, if the opposite is true where overly restrictive rules, procedures, and bureaucracy are necessary to enforce the company's vision, then that is definitely considered "weak culture." Weak organizational culture is a detriment to a company for obvious reasons. The extra supervision, rules, and bureaucracy cause the company to be less efficient and less effective. In addition, having these extra layers also tends to be much more expensive, which will obviously show on the bottom line. Weak cultures cannot take advantage of an opportunity that demands quick, decisive action. Strong organizational culture tends to be a good thing, but there are also some dangers that have to be watched. For one, if everyone is completely in line with the organizational culture of a company, and hold the same centralized beliefs on how the goals should be accomplished, then there is a danger of "group think." This is where an entire group thinks in such similar terms...