Organizational Culture and Communication in the Library - A Study on Organizational Culture in the Lucian Blaga Central University Library Cluj

Organizational culture and its impact on the management of an institution is a highlight in the dynamic society we live in. Understanding organizational culture is paramount for the management of a library: getting familiar with the employees’ behaviour and working styles, their abilities and way of implication in the institution’s development and good functioning is of assistance in designing and carrying out managerial policies and anticipating possible changes. Organizational culture research is achieved by approaching its defining elements: norms, rules, values and beliefs shared, customary practices, learning mechanisms, ways of communication, criteria of pertinence to a community, desirable and undesirable behaviours, attitude towards the library’s mission undertaken and its strategy of accomplishment.

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