The Organizational Climate of American College of Dubai: A Perspective

Abstract

Organizational climate plays a vital role in upholding a workplace imbued with certain dimensions.  For a certain organization like the American College of Dubai to succeed in achieving its vision, mission and objectives, the institution should adopt an organizational climate to serve the purpose.  The study sought to determine the organizational climate of the college by using the 10 organizational dimensions, namely: reward system, organizational clarity, standards of performance, warmth and support, leadership, communication, innovation, feedback and control, teamwork and involvement. This paper adapted a descriptive research method that made use of a 20-point response survey questionnaire. Using standard mean formula, statistical treatments were applied.

Of the four identified organizational climates, namely: exploitive, impoverished, supportive and enlightened, the American College of Dubai was generally considered a supportive organization based from the results of the study conducted considering employees' position, gender, age group and length of work experience. Manning and Curtis (2016) define a supportive organization as one in which the members understand the goals of the organization and want to discuss problems with leaders. As such they are involved in decision-makings since leaders have trust in them. Communication is evident throughout the organization. However, when grouped according to length of work experience, ACD was assessed impoverished in leadership, teamwork and involvement among those who have been working for 11 years and above. Furthermore, when grouped according to age it was assessed as impoverished in reward system and involvement by those employees who are above 50 years old. An impoverished organization is one in which members sometimes participate in decision-making while leaders do not consider their ideas while power remains at the top. (Manning and Curtis 2016). Nevertheless, ACD should find ways to improve the organization considering the competitive constant change in the global landscape of education. The college should push itself to become an enlightened organization which according to Manning and Curtis (2016 ) such  organization  is described as something where people have freedom to initiate, coordinate,  and execute to accomplish goals. Under such condition, communication is open, honest and uncensored. As a result satisfaction and productivity are high.