Organizational Culture and Management Performance of a State College in the Philippines

Abstract

This descriptive-correlational research was conducted to examine a state college's organizational culture and management practices in the Philippines. The study's respondents were randomly selected employees during the school year 2022-2023 of Iloilo State College of Fisheries, a state higher institution in the Province of Iloilo, Philippines. The organizational culture was measured using the Organizational Culture Assessment Questionnaire (OCAQ) of Sashi and Rossenbach (2013), and Management Practices Scale developed by Yukl, Gordon, and Taber (2002) was used to gather the data. Findings revealed that the institution has a high level of managing change, achieving goals, coordinating teamwork, customer orientation, and cultural strength. The management is highly task, relationship, and change-oriented. Furthermore, the results indicated a significant relationship between managing change and change-oriented dimensions. Significant relationships were also noted between achieving goals and task-oriented, relationship-oriented, and change-oriented dimensions. There is a significant relationship between customer orientation and change-oriented dimensions, and cultural strength and change-oriented dimensions are also significantly related.