Creating an Organisational Culture in an Event Organisation : CASE: SELL Student Games 2020
Kuusrainen, Johanna (2018)
Kuusrainen, Johanna
Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018112919048
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018112919048
Tiivistelmä
Lahti University of Applied Sciences is organising an international student sports event SELL Student Games. The event takes place 15.-17.5.2020. The main objective of the thesis is to help the commissioning company create a professional organisational culture for the future sports event organisation. Another objective is to provide more information about organisational culture in an event organisation and also what opportunities and challenges multicultural work community experience.
The thesis starts with an introduction where the research questions are introduced. Second chapter provides more information about different organisations. Theories of organisational culture are explained together with empirical data. Finally, the conclusion part answers the research questions and introduces futher recommendations.
The qualitative method and deductive approach are used for the study. Data is collected by primary sources as interview and secondary sources as relevant books and articles. Interviews are carried out by semi- structured interviews with leaders in event organisations.
Based on the main finding, organisational culture is created by individuals and it is affected by all the factors that organisational culture includes. The sum of individual’s, common and target values have effect on the organisational culture.
The thesis starts with an introduction where the research questions are introduced. Second chapter provides more information about different organisations. Theories of organisational culture are explained together with empirical data. Finally, the conclusion part answers the research questions and introduces futher recommendations.
The qualitative method and deductive approach are used for the study. Data is collected by primary sources as interview and secondary sources as relevant books and articles. Interviews are carried out by semi- structured interviews with leaders in event organisations.
Based on the main finding, organisational culture is created by individuals and it is affected by all the factors that organisational culture includes. The sum of individual’s, common and target values have effect on the organisational culture.