symbolic

(adjective)

Something with an implicit meaning.

Related Terms

Examples of symbolic in the following topics:

  • Building Organizational Culture

    • Organizational culture refers to the collective behavior of the people who make up an organization; this includes their values, visions, norms, working language, systems, symbols, beliefs, and habits.
    • Symbols: All strong brands associate with symbols (think logos).
    • These are not randomly selected: symbols show which specific facets of an organizational culture management considers most important.

  • Observable Culture

    • Observable culture simply refers to the parts of an organization's culture that can be observed, such as a symbolic CEO, a business policy, or even a product .

  • Core Culture

    • ., stories, logos, symbols, branding, mission statement, and office environment).
    • Diagram of Schein's organizational behavior model, which depicts the three central components of an organization's culture: artifacts (visual symbols such as office dress code), values (company goals and standards), and assumptions (implicit, unacknowledged standards or biases).

  • Defining Communication

    • Syntactic (formal properties of signs and symbols such as letters or numbers)

  • The Nature of Effective Communication

    • Effective communication only happens when the words and symbols used create a common level of understanding for both parties.

  • Mintzberg's Management Roles

    • Figurehead: symbolic head; performs a number of routine duties of a legal or social nature.

  • The Impact of Culture on an Organization

    • Symbols: Most organizations have brand images and other symbols which represent what the culture stands for (logos, etc.).

  • What is Organizational Behavior?

    • Diagram of Schein's organizational behavior model, which depicts the three central components of an organization's culture: artifacts (visual symbols such as office dress code), values (company goals and standards), and assumptions (implicit, unacknowledged standards or biases).

  • The Role of the Manager in an Evolving Organization

    • A manager-figurehead can come to symbolize the organization as a whole for customers.

  • Defining Culture

    • Modern anthropological viewpoints on the definition of culture are significantly more complex than the historical etymology, encapsulating both the human capacity for artistic expression (via symbols, painting, music, language, religion etc.) alongside the distinctive ways in which societies across the world interpreted and represented experiences and reality as a whole.