Organizational Culture in Islamic Education Institution: An Analysis from a Historical Perspective

Abstract

Organizational culture has a strategic role in encouraging and improving the effectiveness of organizational performance, both in the short and the long term. Organizational culture also acts asthe socialglue that binds fellow members of a commonorganization in shared vision and goals. This study is aimed to analyze the organizational culture of Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) Ar-Raudhatul Hasanah Paya Bundung Medan from the historical perspective. This research applieda qualitative approach through case study model design. The data collection technique used in this study involved face-to-face interviews, focus group discussion, observation, and documentation studies. The result shows that the uniqueness of this pesantrenis founded on the initiative of the Karo family and the union of Karo Muslim scholars who did not graduate from pesantrenbut want their descendants to have good Islamic knowledge. It can be concluded from this study that the establishment of an Islamic boarding school by a group of people who do not graduate from Islamic education institution seems effective in creating a unique identity that makes it different any other similar institutions