The Reality of the Organizational Culture in the Algerian Economic Institution According to the Hofstede Hexagonal Model. (Case Study on the Mediterranean Float Glass Foundation)

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal the level of cultural practices prevailing in the Algerian economic institution. The study relied on the descriptive analytical approach to achieve its objectives and on implementing the hexagonal model of Hofstede ( organizational effectiveness, focus, management philosophy, control, customer orientation, approachability) to answer its questions. Descriptive and evidentiary statistical methods were used through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences ( SPSS ) program version 21 to analyze the data collected from the sample of the study , which was a simple random sample consisting of ( 300 ) employees from a research community of 1,162 employees belonging to the Mediterranean Float Glass Foundation in Algeria. The results revealed different levels of cultural practices in accordance with the six dimensions that make up the organizational culture of the Hofstede model, the most important of which was internal discipline , immediately followed by organizational effectiveness, The results also confirmed statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≥ 0.05) in the respondents ' estimates of the level of cultural practices prevailing in the institution due to variables ( sex , scientific qualification and experience ) , while the (age) variable recorded no significant differences . Finally , the study made a set of recommendations , the most important of which was the need to align the dimensions of the organizational culture with the strategic directions of the organization , taking into account the attitudes of its staff.