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    Organizational culture of read foundation's schools as viewed by read's schools head teachers
    (UMT, Lahore, 2003) Jamil Ahmed
    This study explores the organizational culture of READ Foundation on the basis of READ'S schools headteachers' views. The primary purpose of the study was to £issess READ Foundation's organizational culture of schools through four dimensions i.e. involvement, consistency, adaptability and mission. Five hypotheses were formulated based on demographic variables; age, marital status, experience, academic qualification and professional qualification. The population of study consisted of 278 READ'S schools and 27 schools' headteachers were taken as sample through stratified random sampling. A questionnaire comprising 28 questions was used as research instrument. All the five null hypotheses were upheld and it was concluded that no significant difference is found in the views of READ Foundation schools' headteachers about their organizational culture. According to the item analysis: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Most of the employees feel themselves involved in the organizational planning and other activities. Employees expressed that there is a characteristic management style and ethical code, however they face difficulties practicing it and reaching agreements. The adaptability aspect needs attention. Although things are done in a flexible way and improved ways are adopted, however it has been noticed that stakeholders' interests are often ignored and change meets with resistance. Employees have a clear sense of mission that fills their hearts with enthusiasm, but organization's clear future strategy and employees' shared vision about organization's future is missing to some extent. In addition, short-term thinking often preoccupies long-term vision. "t" test was applied to analyze hypotheses and "chi-square" test was applied to analyze items. Recommendations were made in chapter V of this thesis