Culture as a Strategic Resource for Organizations and an Assessment on Cultures of Turkish Large Firms

The basic aim of this study is to present and examine organizational culture as a strategic resource. This study basis upon resource based-view with benefiting especially from Jay B. Barney's studies who is one of the pioneers of the approach; for competitive advantage and needed characteristics of organizational resources for that result. Study includes relavant literature presentation and examination and an assessment about Turkish large firm's cultures. Elements of culture to be a strategic resource and provide competitive advantage; which are value, rareness, and imperfectly imitability were disscussed in the study.