Abstract
"Structuring the work and the relationships and interactions between the technical systems and the people or the sociotechnical systems, as well as between the people themselves form important building blocks for organizations. Individual jobs cannot therefore be viewed in isolation", say Swanepoel et al. (2003: 193). In this way, organizations operate job designs which "refers to the way in which work is structured into the different tasks and responsibilities required to execute a particular job" (Swanepoel et al. 2003: 194). In this document, we examine the work culture of a family business called Desertours, where the atmosphere is a challenging and competitive. With 20 years of experience, Desertours is a motorcycle adventure travel leader in the French market. The company offers trips around the world, including Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Okavango, Namibia, Madagascar, Venezuela and the United States. Over the past ten years, it has diversified its range of skills and is now organizing sports events such as 4L TROPHY, a 4L orientation race in the Moroccan desert, reserved for students, as well as the Roses des Sables Trophy, a 4WD, quads and motorcycle woman-only race. We look into more facets of this company in this document.
