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Description

As you work on this assignment, you will need to refer to the readings about Netflix in the Module One Readings and Resources folder.

For this assignment, your task is to incorporate the concepts in Watzlawick’s iceberg model of communication to analyze the organizational culture at Netflix.

As you work on this assignment, refer to the Module Two overview in regards to the four categories of an organization’s culture: observable artifacts, espoused values, enacted values, and basic assumptions. You will also provide two examples from the readings on Netflix for each category.

Completing this assignment will provide you with key insights that will assist you in completing Section II: Cultural Analysis Overview of Milestone One.

Overview

For this assignment, you will apply what you know about Watzlawick’s iceberg model of communication to analyze the organizational culture at Netflix. To do this, you will write a one-page paper, in which you identify examples of each of the four variables of the organizational culture at Netflix, which are defined in the prompt below. You will find these examples in the following readings about Netflix:

• Library Article: How Netflix Reinvented HR
• Article: The Woman Behind the Netflix Culture Doc
• Website: Netflix Culture – Seeking Excellence

This task provides you with key insights that will assist you in completing Section II: Cultural Analysis Overview of Milestone One.

Prompt

Your submission must include these critical elements:

1. Examples from the readings of the four variables of the organizational culture at Netflix. The four variables are: observable artifacts, espoused values, enacted values, and basic assumptions, as defined by Kreitner & Kinicki (2013) in their book, Organizational Behavior:
   • Observable Artifacts. These are observable components of a company’s organizational culture, i.e., acronyms, manner of dress, awards, myths, stories about the organization, published lists of values, values reinforced via observable rituals and ceremonies, decorations, company brand features, etc.
   • Espoused Values. These are the explicitly stated values and norms that are preferred by the organization.
   • Enacted Values. These are the values and norms that are exhibited by the employees, which may be the same or differ from the stated espoused values.
   • Basic Assumptions. These are the organizational values that have become so taken for granted over time that they have become assumptions that guide organizational behavior.
2. Sources of the examples of each of the four variables from the readings.

What to Submit

Your chart must be submitted as a one-page Microsoft Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. It will be evaluated using the rubric below