Skip to content

Organizational Culture

What is Organizational Culture?

The shared values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors within an organization that influence how people interact and make decisions.

Governance

What the standards actually require on organizational culture

Requirements naming organizational culture across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO 560022 controls

Requires fostering a culture that supports innovation including tolerance of uncertainty and learning from failure.

ISO-56002-5.5 · Organizational culture
ISO 37000:20214 controls

Data governance and information management for informed decision-making. Control from ISO 37000:2021 framework, domain: Organizational Culture and Capability.

ISO37000-CC-04 · Cl. 6.8 Data and decisions - Data governance and information management for informed decision-making

Heifetz BUILDING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY (from Practice of Adaptive Leadership + Real Leadership). DEFINITION: the systemic capability to face + work on + thrive in adaptive challenges; can be developed + cultivated.

Heifetz-BuildingAdaptiveCapacity-Experiments-Learning · Heifetz Building Adaptive Capacity, Running Experiments, Learning Organization Coordination

Goleman EI SOCIAL AWARENESS (3 competencies) + RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (7 competencies). SOCIAL AWARENESS: (1) EMPATHY - sensing others feelings and perspectives + taking active interest in their concerns + reading emotional cues + cultural sensitivity + cogni...

Goleman-EI-SocialAwareness-RelationshipMgmt-10Competencies · Goleman EI Social Awareness (3) and Relationship Management (7) Competencies

Hersey-Blanchard SLT coordination with adjacent leadership theories. (a) BASS + AVOLIO FULL RANGE LEADERSHIP MODEL (FRLM) - Transactional + Transformational + Passive-Avoidant; FRLM emphasizes leader-style continuum + MLQ-measured;

HB-SLT-Coord-Adjacent-Theories-Bass-Goleman-Heifetz-Greenleaf · Hersey-Blanchard SLT Coordination with Adjacent Leadership Theories (Bass FRLM + Goleman EI + Heifetz Adaptive + Greenleaf Servant + Kouzes + Schein)

Percentage of employees retained during the reporting period indicating organizational culture health.

ISO-30414-OC.2 · Employee retention rate

Questions people ask about organizational culture

What is Organizational Culture?
The shared values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors within an organization that influence how people interact and make decisions.
Why is Organizational Culture important for compliance?
Organizational Culture is a key concept in Governance. Understanding organizational culture helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Organizational Culture?
Organizational Culture appears in the requirement text of ISO 56002, ISO 37000:2021, Heifetz Adaptive Leadership Framework, Goleman Emotional Intelligence Leadership Framework, Hersey & Blanchard Situational Leadership Model. Across these standards we have identified 11 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Organizational Culture?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how organizational culture applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Organizational Culture applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.