corporate culture : The operating environment of a business, including its values, norms, and the behavioral patterns of its employees.

corporate culture includes the norms and behaviour which determine how people collaborate

Different types of resources* ( tangible , intangible that include all assets, capabilities, organisational processes, information, knowledge, etc.) lying with an organisation reflect certain type of behaviour ( organisational behaviour). These resources as and when used as per need along with their behaviour develop synergy with an organisation. This determines their strength or weaknesses in their specific field of business. The resource based view of a firm can better discuss the internal environment of that organisation. The developed synergy elaborates the level of competency of a firm showing its capability which leads to its strategic advantage.

The resources, behaviour, strengths & weeknesses, synergistic effects and competencies of an organisation determine the nature of its internal environment.

Summarily the corporate appraisal can be done on the basis of all these resources w.r.t. their specific industry

*Resources could be classified as physical, human and organisational resources.