1. The best type of organizational culture for me is one that stimulates creativity and independence, but preaches hard work as well. An example would be a video game development company or a microbrewery. This type of culture works for me because it fits with my way of doing things. I generally prefer to work in an environment where I have minimal supervision and am allowed a high degree of autonomy in developing my work flow. Such cultures also foster creativity, which is something I value as continual exposure to new challenges keeps the work interesting to me. I would not work as well in a culture that stifles creative freedom or where my fellow employees simply "go through the motions".
             2. Culture has a profound impact on how a manager manages. In essence, organizational culture is the underlying philosophy that guides management style. Managers whose personal style does not fit in with that of the organization as a whole generally do not have a long future in the organization. Either the organization will dismiss them or they will feel frustrated and leave of their own volition. This is because organizational culture is a larger, stronger entity than any one manager. A manager must operate within the confines of the overall organizational culture in order to be effective. Those who do not, for the duration of their employee, will likely be less effective and efficient than managers whose style does fit with the organizational culture.
             1. Functional organizations are ones whose structure is based around functional lines. These are frequently businesses that only operate in one specific field, which allows the functional departments such as production, marketing, accounting and human resources to be the main delineators of organizational structure. An example of this would be a local newspaper. With only one product on which to concern itself, the local newspaper company will be divided into sales, c...