Strategies for Cultural Change

ISBN-13: 9780750623285 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 320 str.

Paul Bate; S. Paul Bate

Opis

This text is a recognition of the growing importance of the culture concept in business education and organizational practice. It is a comprehensive approach to the design and implementation of a cultural change programme. Its specific focus is the issue of cultural change and what conceptual, strategic and managerial processes will be involved.

Recenzje

'It is a wonderful book...Wise, witty and full of some uncommon but good sense'. John Van Maanen, Erwin Schell Professor of Organizational Studies, Sloan School of Management, M.I.T.

'This is one of the more thought provoking books on the issue of change in organizations which I have read in the past two or three years.' - Long Range
Planning, August 1995

'Well written and highly suitable'
Nic Beech, Senior lecturer in HRM, Strathclyde University

Spis treści

Frameworks for thinking about cultural change - Turtles all the way down; Thinking culturally; Strategies for cultural development; Strategies for cultural transformation; Tales from the rails: the APT fiasco; The Castalian culture; Towards an integrated strategy for cultural change; Implementing cultural change - The aggressive approach; The conciliative approach; The corrosive approach; The indoctrinative approach; Evaluating different approaches to cultural change; Designing an effective approach to cultural change; Leading cultural change; References; Index.

O autorze

Paul Bate