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Investigating the Relation Between Organizational Culture and Excellence Performance Based on EFQM Model in SMEs

1Rahim Avazpour, 2Azam Rajizadeh, 2Abdolhossein Zamyad, 3Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi and 4Seyyed Masoud Seyyedi
1Department of Management, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran
2Department of Management, Sirjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sirjan, Iran
3Payame Noor University, Iran
4Department of Management, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology  2013  14:3684-3691
http://dx.doi.org/10.19026/rjaset.5.4509  |  © The Author(s) 2013
Received: June 28, 2012  |  Accepted: August 08, 2012  |  Published: April 20, 2013

Abstract

Current study is to investigate the relationship between organizational culture and excellence performance based on EFQM model in small and medium enterprises of Bandar Abbas (Iran). The study population consisted of 249 managers, deputies and experts in small and medium enterprises based in the industrial towns of Bandar Abbas and 152 of the statistical population using cluster sampling – randomly were selected as sample size. In order to collect data, 2 questionnaires were used. These 2 questionnaires’' were about organizational culture and excellence performance based on EFQM model and their validity and reliability was measured. Analysis of collected data was performed using Pearson correlation test and also describing the collected data, was performed using descriptive statistical methods such as frequency tables and graphs and the frequency histogram by computer and SPSS software. Result of the study showed that there is a significant relationship between different kinds of organizational culture and excellence performance based on EFQM model. Finally, limitations on this project and suggestions for further studies have been presented.

Keywords:

Culture, EFQM model, excellence performance organizational culture,


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Competing interests

The authors have no competing interests.

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ISSN (Online):  2040-7467
ISSN (Print):   2040-7459
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