What is climate?
We define climate as the prevailing atmosphere within a group or organization. Climate is defined by the typical patterns of behavior that characterize life in the organization. Climate is about what people in an organization experience on a day-to-day basis.
Climate plays a key role in determining the outlook or likelihood of innovation, creativity, or change taking place in a particular situation. Climate is vital to the success of an organization. Dr. Göran Ekvall, a renowned climate researcher, once said,
"Climate affects organizational and psychological processes such as communication, problem solving, decision making, conflict handling, learning and motivation, and thus exerts influence on the efficiency and productivity of the organization, on its ability to innovate, and on the job satisfaction and the well-being that its members can enjoy." |
There are three common applications of a climate assessment tool. At the personal level it is called individual psychological climate. Another level is group or team climate, while the third level is the climate of the larger division or entire organization.
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