and OTDonnell Trujillo (1982) contend that act out certain communication performances, which result in a unique o tional culture. Performance is a that suggests a symbolic metaphor understanding human behavior in an mimic the theater, in that both supervisor and employees ch take on various roles, or parts, in their organization. To some extent, th place can be viewed as stage and each "actor enacts different scripted unscripted dialogues. Let's explore their system of performances. The theorists outline five cultural performances: ritual, passion. political, and enculturation. In Table 16.2, we identify these performanco we discuss each, we will provide various examples from different conten communicate the diversity embedded in each performance. A hough the gory system is not necessarily exclusive, you will get an idea bout theem to which organizations vary in terms of how human behavi r can be unde stood. Further, recall back to our discussion of organizationa bols, As read about performance, keep in mind this is one way that an anization its people interpret their environment