The role of organizational culture in the performance of chosen companies

Introduction/background: Organizational culture is a relatively new issue. This concept has started to take on a great importance in modern organizations based on knowledge and innovation. The researchers and managers were faced with the problem of how to introduce values into the organization, how to implement the company's mission and vision, how to “manage” employees' creativity, how to motivate and assign tasks to employees. Another important issue concerns measuring the impact of these soft factors on solid results. Is there a relationship between organizational culture and organizational performance and how to verify it? Aim of the paper: The work deals with the topic of organizational culture in theoretical and practical terms. The aim of the work was to define the influence of organizational culture on the management performance. Materials and methods: The work is based on literature studies, the results of literary studies from empirical research and own research of the author. Index methods were used to assess the condition of enterprises based on publicly available financial statements. The research supplements the opinions of employees of these companies. Results and conclusions: In the surveyed organizations, values, relationships and cooperation are put in the first place. Employees work primarily in teams. The aim of this style of work is to improve internal communication, mutual learning and information exchange, as well as stimulating creativity. Regarding the ratio analysis, the good condition of both organizations should be noted: the financial analysis indicators did not deteriorate. It should be stated that organizational performance is influenced by both the dependent variable and the independent variable. They can be analyzed as soft factors and solid factors. The analysis of the impact of these factors can be done using financial measures. The complementary value is constituted by the relations in the organization and the values which make it possible to more effectively implement the company's strategy, mission and vision of the business.