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Even values presented as commonly held by the organization and its members and, thus, constitutive of a culture usually aren’t really all that common. For example, think of a politician who extols values such as “freedom” and “liberty.” Voters might agree that those are important values yet disagree deeply on what the values really mean. Is freedom supported through social programs that redistribute wealth — as in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous articulation of “freedom from want” — or is freedom served through being left to our own devices without government intervention? “Freedom” can be used in both ways and exists as a common value only to the extent that people dene it in the same way. In organizations, people interpret and contest values all the time. In my university, one of the core values espoused is responsibility, which is dened as meaning “to serve as a catalyst for positive change in Texas and beyond.” This denition is quite different from my own. I associated the word “responsibility” with accountability and duty, rather than with being a catalyst for change. Also, how does one dene positive change? I suspect it is quite different from one member of the university community to another. Even if most members of the university agree that responsibility is an important value, many may not agree with what that means or feel that the stated denition represents their own ideas about responsibility. To further complicate things, people may contest “common” values while maintaining their commitment to the success of the organization. This may be as obvious as open disagreement, or as subtle as a manager quietly reshaping a project to reflect their personal ideas about how things should be done. It could show up as a tacit rise in absenteeism or overt complaints about decisions made by leaders. Indeed, one might complain about the decisions of leaders precisely because one is committed to the organization and feels that the direction that leadership is moving is wrong.

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Write a report of 310 words on the above

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Keep in view no plagiarism and the 310 word limit