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Student Organization
CultureStudent Leadership Consultants for the DMC: 11/5/16
Aleexsan Adal, Neha Kulkarni, Hannah Folz, Megumi Chen
Who are the SLCs?
• We are peer mentors who …
–Office hours in SLI from 8:30 AM to
5 PM
–Host workshops on demand
–Plan the Homewood Leadership
Weekend
Warm-Up!
Silly Charades
Agenda
• Central Questions
• Define Culture
• Human Ecology & Cultural scales
• Apply it! Activity
• Three ways of developing culture
• Break out: brainstorm ways to affirm or
shift
Expectations
• This workshop is for you!
• You are the experts in your own culture;
SLC’s are just here to help you talk about it
• Participate freely – hearing your thoughts
can only help you
Central questions
• How do we define the DMC's culture?
• How can we, as members of the DMC,
maintain or shift our culture through
continuous actions?
Culture
noun | cul·ture• Culture(n.): The set of shared attitudes,
values, goals, and practices that
characterizes an institution or organization
(Merriam-Webster Online)
What do you see here?
How about here?
Expand a little…
Human Ecology
Human Ecology
• Microsystem vs. Mesosystem
• Where does culture exist on this diagram?
• Culture is a result of many small individual
interactions – ie. microsystems
Navigating the Cultural Minefield
• What is a cultural scale?
– Leading
– Evaluating
– Scheduling
– Communicating
• How can we measure these scales?
Activity: Where are we?
• Leading: – hierarchical group leadership (flat)
• Evaluating: – direct indirect
• Scheduling: – structured flexible
• Communicating: – precise & simple nuanced & layered
• Mark where you think the DMC is now in terms of its culture. Then, mark where you think the organization should be.
Debrief: What did you learn?
• How could our culture support this mission? How could our culture hinder this mission?
– In terms of the scales?
– “By promoting the use of emerging technologies in students’ scholarly and creative works, the Brown Foundation Digital Media Center prepares life-long learners to confidently master new technologies and to disseminate works that effectively communicate their ideas.”
Three Ways of Developing
Culture
1) Live and Teach
• Tell stories
• Reiterate the lessons
learned
• Live it: Change the way
you act, and then
inspire others to do the
same
2) Define and Measure
• Put the vision in writing
• Think about how your daily tasks reflect
the vision
• Measure it:
– Informal: “Hey, how’s your work coming
along?”
– Formal: Performance surveys
3) Reward
• Reward it: End meetings with compliments or appreciations.
• Create structures to retain and motivate members.
Brainstorm: Affirm or shift the
cultural scales• Remember: Leading, Evaluating,
Scheduling, & Communicating
• Live and Teach
• Define and Measure
• Reward
• Come up with your own ways to shift the
scales!
Thank You!
How can you reach us?
• In person (M-F 8:30-5)– Student Leadership and Involvement
• Mattin Center, Suite 131
• By phone (M-F 8:30-5)
– 410-516-4873
• By email
• By Facebook
– https://www.facebook.com/LeadershipJHU/
Student Leadership and Involvement
Phone: 410-516-4873
Office Hours: M-F 8:30am – 5pm, Mattin 131
Facilitators: Aleexan Adal, Neha Kulkarni, Megumi
Chen, and Hannah Folz
Thank you!
References
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• College Students in the United States by Kristen A. Renn & Robert D. Reason (p127-132)
• https://www.pinterest.com/pin/143552306848020266/
• https://hbr.org/2014/05/navigating-the-cultural-minefield
• https://www.zingtrain.com/org-culture-steps
