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Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life
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by Terrence E. Deal, Allan A. Kennedy.
232 pgs.
In the early 1980s, Terry Deal and Allan Kennedy launched a new field of inquiry and practice with the publication of their landmark book, Corporate Cultures, in which they argued that distinct types of cultures evolve within companies, with a direct and measurable impact on strategy and...
In the early 1980s, Terry Deal and Allan Kennedy launched a new field of inquiry and practice with the publication of their landmark book, Corporate Cultures, in which they argued that distinct types of cultures evolve within companies, with a direct and measurable impact on strategy and performance. Despite the dramatic evolution of the business landscape over the last twenty years, the basic principles of the book remain as fresh and relevant as they did when it was first published: that organizations, by their very nature, are social enterprises, with tribal habits, well-defined cultural roles for individuals, and various strategies for determining inclusion, reinforcing identity, and adapting to change. In the new introduction, the authors reflect on the enduring lessons of their investigation into the life of organizations.
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Managing Corporate Culture, Innovation, and Intrapreneurship
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by Howard W. Oden.
279 pgs.
To succeed in the global marketplace for new goods and services, American corporations must learn how to innovate and develop new businesses better and faster than their competition. To do this requires a special culture--one that is much different from the traditional culture of American business...
To succeed in the global marketplace for new goods and services, American corporations must learn how to innovate and develop new businesses better and faster than their competition. To do this requires a special culture--one that is much different from the traditional culture of American business. Oden's unique book looks for the first time at the relationships among these elements--innovation, intrapreneurship, and corporate culture--and points out how these three elements can be integrated to achieve the maximum advantage in global competition. A concise but comprehensive, readable text and resource for corporate management, professionals involved in product development, and teachers and students with special interest in organizational development, innovation, and intrapreneurship.
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Gender, Identity and the Culture of Organizations
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by Iiris Aaltio, Albert J. Mills.
226 pgs.
This work considers how organizations operate as spaces in which minds are gendered and men and women constructed. It brings together four powerful themes that have developed within the field of organizational analysis over the past 20 years.
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Organizational Culture in the Management of Mergers
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by Afsaneh Nahavandi, Ali R. Malekzadeh.
181 pgs.
This book focuses on the importance of organizational and human factors in the long-term success of mergers. While the failure of many of the 1980's mergers points to the need to implement the merger of two organizations as cultural entities, much of the focus has been on pre-merger financial...
This book focuses on the importance of organizational and human factors in the long-term success of mergers. While the failure of many of the 1980's mergers points to the need to implement the merger of two organizations as cultural entities, much of the focus has been on pre-merger financial planning. This volume explores the roles of organizational culture, strategy, leadership, and structure in combining two organizations. Special attention is paid to the need for the two merger partners to negotiate the process of implementation rather than to have similar cultures.
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The New Corporate Cultures: Revitalizing the Workplace after Downsizing, Mergers, and Reengineering
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by Terrence E. Deal, Allan A. Kennedy.
312 pgs.
Fifteen years after publishing Corporate Cultures, Deal and Kennedy discuss the negative affects of recent economic forces (globalization and technology) and management trends (downsizing, outsourcing, short-termism, and mergers). They show managers how to exercise cultural leadership by finding...
Fifteen years after publishing Corporate Cultures, Deal and Kennedy discuss the negative affects of recent economic forces (globalization and technology) and management trends (downsizing, outsourcing, short-termism, and mergers). They show managers how to exercise cultural leadership by finding common ground among corporate subcultures, and call for corporations to institute performance measurement systems that emphasize long-term goals.
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Business Leadership and Culture: National Management Styles in the Global Economy
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by Bjorn Bjerke.
287 pgs.
'Throughout, Bjerke carefully cites the supporting literature of the general social sciences as well as that of management and business organization. The volume's cumulative development is impressive in its marshalling of the diverse approaches and insights while probing into the special...
'Throughout, Bjerke carefully cites the supporting literature of the general social sciences as well as that of management and business organization. The volume's cumulative development is impressive in its marshalling of the diverse approaches and insights while probing into the special characteristics of each of the five national cultures selected.... Recommended for international business collections, upper-division undergraduate through professional.' - J.C. Thompson, Choice How do business leaders think as a result of their national culture? This book provides a discussion and comparative analysis of five major cultures - American, Arab, Chinese, Japanese and Scandinavian - and how they reveal themselves in business practice. The author begins by introducing the concept of culture and why it is important, addressing issues such as values, beliefs and assumptions and the consequences of these. Björn Bjerke then goes on to address corporate culture and business strategy as well as some myths associated with national cultures. Looking at the five specific cultures he addresses cultural themes and presents a typified picture of the business leader in each of these. He concludes that there are five different capitalist systems governing these cultures, and that the business leader plays a different role in each. Extending this discussion, the author questions whether the culture-free business leader exists and, if so, what the characteristics of such a person might be. Business Leadership and Culture will enlighten students, scholars and business people about the consequences of culture for international business and management.
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Leadership and the Culture of Trust
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by Gilbert W. Fairholm.
246 pgs.
Leadership is not something one does alone. It is an expression of collective, community action--unified action of leaders and followers who trust enough to jointly achieve mutual goals. The task of creating a culture conducive to interactive trust is perhaps the preeminent leadership task. This...
Leadership is not something one does alone. It is an expression of collective, community action--unified action of leaders and followers who trust enough to jointly achieve mutual goals. The task of creating a culture conducive to interactive trust is perhaps the preeminent leadership task. This practical guide identifies the key elements leaders need to manipulate to create such a trust culture in any work environment. By learning to shape culture to meet changing needs--by learning to be continually responsive to the organization's vision as well as to the needs of a changing follower core--the leader can create the situation necessary for any successful organization, one where followers can trust others and feel free to work together to gain mutually desired goals.
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Business and the Culture of the Enterprise Society
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by John Deeks.
256 pgs.
This book highlights the influence of business on culture and traces the increasingly dominant role that business plays in shaping social and cultural experience. It argues that in the contemporary world, the dividing line between commerce and culture is becoming increasingly blurred and that...
This book highlights the influence of business on culture and traces the increasingly dominant role that business plays in shaping social and cultural experience. It argues that in the contemporary world, the dividing line between commerce and culture is becoming increasingly blurred and that business practices and values now dominate the material, intellectual and spiritual life of the community. This general thesis is illustrated with material from economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, history, art, biography, literature, film, theater, television, technology, and computer science--- material drawn together by the common thread of business.
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Organizational Politics, Justice, and Support: Managing the Social Climate of the Workplace
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by Russell S. Cropanzano, K. Michele Kacmar.
246 pgs.
Experts in the fields of organizational politics and justice explore the nuances of organizational life. They analyze how these concepts work alone and in concert with each other to influence employees' perceptions of and reactions to their organizations. One argument concludes that managers use...
Experts in the fields of organizational politics and justice explore the nuances of organizational life. They analyze how these concepts work alone and in concert with each other to influence employees' perceptions of and reactions to their organizations. One argument concludes that managers use politics to compensate for the inadequacies in the current approach to human resources management, while another finds that support and justice benefit the employer, not the employee. Practitioners and scholars in human resources, organizational behavior, psychology, and business law will find new and controversial interpretations of human behavior in the workplace.
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On-the-Job Learning in the Software Industry: Corporate Culture and the Acquisition of Knowledge
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by Marc Sacks.
216 pgs.
This book explores the daily work lives and learning experiences of programmers and other professionals in the computer-software industry. The book focuses on the staff of one small software firm, allowing workers to tell their own stories, describing their work and their use of all the resources...
This book explores the daily work lives and learning experiences of programmers and other professionals in the computer-software industry. The book focuses on the staff of one small software firm, allowing workers to tell their own stories, describing their work and their use of all the resources available to them in learning the complex systems they are required to develop and maintain. Based in qualitative sociological method, it is an ethnography of a business setting as well as a study of learning.
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From Management Education to Civic Reconstruction: The Emerging Ecology of Organizations
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by Ronnie Lessem, Sudhanshu Palsule.
358 pgs.
From Management Education to Civic Reconstruction provides a unique analysis of how a combination of diverse, culturally based approaches are implicitly or explicitly built into the development of a business or organization. The author addresses key issues at the forefront of developmental...
From Management Education to Civic Reconstruction provides a unique analysis of how a combination of diverse, culturally based approaches are implicitly or explicitly built into the development of a business or organization. The author addresses key issues at the forefront of developmental management, and demonstrates methods whereby principles of ecology can be applied to different stages of organizational development at both local and global level. This text will be of interest to students and practitioners in the fields of organizational behavior, corporate strategy and management education.
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Business Decisions, Human Choices: Restoring the Partnership between People and Their Organizations
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by Lloyd C. Williams.
194 pgs.
Dr. Williams contends that over the last 20 years a change has occurred in organizations that has created a syndrome of dysfunctions that are neither good for businesses nor for the people who work in them. Williams sees businesses as living entities, and argues that how they act and react will have...
Dr. Williams contends that over the last 20 years a change has occurred in organizations that has created a syndrome of dysfunctions that are neither good for businesses nor for the people who work in them. Williams sees businesses as living entities, and argues that how they act and react will have an impact on their employees, and often a devasating impact. In much the same way as businesses make decisions, people make choices, and seldom are these decisions and choices congruent. Unless disparate self-interests and goals can be reconciled--unless a partnership can be restored between people and their organizations--not only will employees be damaged, but the success of their organizations, upon which they depend for their livelihoods, will be jeopardized. How this dangerous situation came about, what it means, and how it can be remedied is the subject of Dr. Williams' book. Research-based and always in touch with the realities of commerce, Dr. Williams will make business people aware that organizations and their people must become reunited and then show them how it can be done.
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