Does Organization Culture Differ in Universities of Punjab? – A Comparative Study of Public and Private Universities

Organizational Culture is the core competency for any organization in present era. It impacts effectiveness or performance of the individuals, the groups and the organization as a whole. A primary study was conducted in Public and Private Universities of Punjab to find out the prevailing Culture using Pareek’s OCTAPACE Scale. The questionnaire were distributed among 500 faculty members in various Public and Private universities of Punjab but only 410 filled responses were returned . After scrutiny of the filled questionnaire, 42 responses were rejected because of various reasons like incomplete information, wrong entries etc. The remaining 368 cases were used in this study. The respondents were divided on the basis of gender, experience, educational qualification, designation etc. 2 sample independent t test was applied and it was found that the organization culture differs in private & Public Universities on Three dimensions i.e. Proactivity, Autonomy & Experimentation. Key-words: OCTAPACE, Core Competency, Proactivity, Autonomy, Experimentation.