Request your free OCI Sample Pack - here's what's included:
- OCI Current & Ideal Inventory samples
- OCI Reliability & Validity article
- OCI Circumplex graph sample
- Case study reprints
The Organizational Culture Inventory® (OCI) is recognized as one of the most trusted, widely used, and thoroughly researched organizational surveys in the world.
- Research-based, normed and validated
- Easy-to-use, Online and Paper, Customizable
- Training via self-paced Leader’s Guide or workshop format
- Certification not required in the U.S.
Developed by Drs. Robert A. Cooke and J. Clayton Lafferty, the OCI provides a picture of an organization's operating culture in terms of the behaviors that members believe are expected or implicitly required. By guiding the way in which members approach their work and interact with one another, these "behavioral norms" determine the organization's capacity to solve problems, adapt to change, and perform effectively.
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Organizations with strong Constructive cultures are more effective than those with Defensive cultures. This relationship between culture and performance has been demonstrated by research and consulting projects carried out in diverse organizational settings including nuclear power plants, retail stores, hospitals and medical centers, social service agencies, newspapers, and manufacturing facilities.
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The Constructive OCI styles promote, and the Defensive styles detract from, effectiveness at the individual, group, and organizational levels.
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Effectiveness increases as organizations move toward the OCI Constructive norms and away from Defensive norms.