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Organizational culture and leadership / Edgar H. Schein.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Jossey-Bass business & management series | The Jossey-Bass business & management seriesPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, c2004.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 437 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780787975975 (pbk.) :
  • 0787968455
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.35 SCH
LOC classification:
  • HM791 .S33 2004
Incomplete contents:
Preface. The Author. Part One: Organizational Culture and Leadership Defined. 1. The Concept of Organizational Culture: Why Bother? 2. The Levels of Culture. 3. Cultures in Organizations: Two Case Examples. 4. How Culture Emerges in New Groups. Part Two: The Dimensions of Culture. 5. Assumptions About External Adaptation Issues. 6. Assumptions About Managing Internal Integration. 7. Deeper Cultural Assumptions About Reality and Truth. 8. Assumptions About the Nature of Time and Space. 9. Assumptions About Human Nature, Activity, and Relationships. 10. Cultural Typologies. 11. Deciphering Culture. Part Three: The Leadership Role in Culture Building, Embedding, and Evolving. 12. How Leaders Begin Culture Creation. 13. How Leaders Embed and Transmit Culture. 14. The Changing Role of Leadership in Organizational Midlife. 15. What Leaders Need to Know About How Culture Changes. 16. A Conceptual Model for Managed Culture Change. 17. Assessing Cultural Dimensions: A Ten-Step Intervention. 18. A Case of Organizational (Cultural?) Change. 19. The Learning Culture and the Learning Leader.
Summary: Focusing on the realities of issues in business today, this text utilises a wide range of sources to transform the abstract concept of organizational culture into a tool that can be used to improve the dynamics of management.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 302.35 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 201511

Previous ed.: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-428) and index.

Preface. The Author. Part One: Organizational Culture and Leadership Defined. 1. The Concept of Organizational Culture: Why Bother? 2. The Levels of Culture. 3. Cultures in Organizations: Two Case Examples. 4. How Culture Emerges in New Groups. Part Two: The Dimensions of Culture. 5. Assumptions About External Adaptation Issues. 6. Assumptions About Managing Internal Integration. 7. Deeper Cultural Assumptions About Reality and Truth. 8. Assumptions About the Nature of Time and Space. 9. Assumptions About Human Nature, Activity, and Relationships. 10. Cultural Typologies. 11. Deciphering Culture. Part Three: The Leadership Role in Culture Building, Embedding, and Evolving. 12. How Leaders Begin Culture Creation. 13. How Leaders Embed and Transmit Culture. 14. The Changing Role of Leadership in Organizational Midlife. 15. What Leaders Need to Know About How Culture Changes. 16. A Conceptual Model for Managed Culture Change. 17. Assessing Cultural Dimensions: A Ten-Step Intervention. 18. A Case of Organizational (Cultural?) Change. 19. The Learning Culture and the Learning Leader.

Focusing on the realities of issues in business today, this text utilises a wide range of sources to transform the abstract concept of organizational culture into a tool that can be used to improve the dynamics of management.

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