Innovation in Teacher Teams Organizational Culture

Abstract

The phenomenon of organizational culture requires a systematic penetration due to its role in efficient implementation of tasks imposed on educational institutions, especially in times of widely understood changes, including the educational change. One of the conditions of survival and attractiveness of the organization in a changing environment is the ability to generate and introduce innovations. The school as an organization may play an active role in the innovation process. The background for the innovative activity of school is the organizational culture, especially one of its levels – assumptions about: human nature, interpersonal relationships, the nature of the environment, the organization itself and the interaction of an organization with the environment. Organizational culture is the factors responsible for introducing changes, therefore, the process of becoming an innovative organization should be started by shaping the appropriate culture. Innovation culture, which can be considered as a part of the organizational culture but also as its type, is highly flexible, self-critical, dynamic, able to take risks, open to the needs of the environment which are a signpost for the organization’s activities. The main objective of this article is on the one hand, showing mutual relations between the organizational culture of the school and its innovative activities and on the other hand, the answer to the question, based on the results of the study, whether the organizational culture of teaching teams – as one of the subcultures in organizational culture – school creates a friendly environment for innovative activity.