Author : Kim S. Cameron
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 47,40 MB
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1783477113
øIt would be unusual for a framework as powerful and predictive as the Competing Values Framework to remain unchallenged and absent of criticism. In addition to updating the examples and references, this second edition provides a new chapter motivated
Author : James Heskett
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 50,10 MB
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0231554826
There is significant evidence that an effective organizational culture provides a major competitive edge—higher levels of employee and customer engagement and loyalty translate into higher growth and profits. Many business leaders know this, yet few are doing much to improve their organizations’ cultures. They are discouraged by misguided beliefs that an executive’s tenure and an organization’s attention span are too short for meaningful transformation. James Heskett provides a roadmap for achievable and fast-paced culture change. He demonstrates that an effective culture supplies the trust that makes managing change of all kinds easier. It provides a foundation on which changes in strategy can be based, and it’s a competitive edge that can’t easily be hacked or copied. Examining leading companies around the world, Heskett details how organizational culture makes employees more loyal, more productive, and more creative. He discusses how to quantify its effects in order to sell the notion of culture change to the organization and considers how to preserve an organization’s culture in the face of the trend toward remote work hastened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Showing how leadership can bring about significant changes in a surprisingly short time span, Win from Within offers a playbook for developing and deploying culture that enables outsized results. It is a groundbreaking demonstration of organizational culture’s role as a foundation for strategic success—and its measurable impact on the bottom line.
Author : James L. Heskett
Publisher : FT Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 35,21 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0132779781
The contribution of culture to organizational performance is substantial and quantifiable. In The Culture Cycle, renowned thought leader James Heskett demonstrates how an effective culture can account for 20-30% of the differential in performance compared with "culturally unremarkable" competitors. Drawing on decades of field research and dozens of case studies, Heskett introduces a powerful conceptual framework for managing culture, and shows it at work in a real-world setting. Heskett's "culture cycle" identifies cause-and-effect relationships that are crucial to shaping effective cultures, and demonstrates how to calculate culture's economic value through "Four Rs": referrals, retention, returns to labor, and relationships. This book: Explains how culture evolves, can be shaped and sustained, and serve as the organization's "internal brand." Shows how culture can promote innovation and survival in tough times. Guides leaders in linking culture to strategy and managing forces that challenge it. Shows how to credibly quantify culture's impact on performance, productivity, and profits. Clarifies culture's unique role in mission-driven organizations. A follow-up to the classic Corporate Culture and Performance (authored by Heskett and John Kotter), this is the next indispensable book on organizational culture. "Heskett (emer., Harvard Business School) provides an exhaustive examination of corporate policies, practices, and behaviors in organizations." Summing Up: Recommended. Reprinted with permission from CHOICE, copyright by the American Library Association.
Author : Mats Alvesson
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 16,36 MB
Release : 2002-03-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761970064
The concept of culture is a key issue within management and organization studies. Understanding Organizational Culture provides a useful and comprehensive guide to understanding organizational culture, from a range of angles, contexts and sectors. The book answers questions of definition, explores alternative perspectives, and expands on substantive issues (such as leadership and change), before discussing key issues of research and providing a new framework for this topic. Mats Alvesson synthesizes for students the advances in the field of organizational culture, drawing upon the range of relevant literature within Organization Studies. The author also uses examples to develop and illustrate ideas on how cultural
Author : Karel De Witte
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 13,49 MB
Release : 2000-02-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780863779978
Management of organizational culture is a controversial topic. Pragmatists argue that it can be, should be and has been easily managed and they offer guidance how to do this, whilst purists find it ridiculous to talk about managing organizational culture: it cannot be managed, it evolves. Contributions to this fascinating book cover the following topics: * the relationship between leadership and organizational culture * the study of the role of organizational culture in four distinct cases * a change project of managerial culture * the FOCUS-instrument for measuring organizational culture * the main influences of organizational culture on its individual members * critical questions for future research. The editors do not intend to give final answers to this ongoing discussion, but to contribute to the debate and aid understanding. The contributions guide practitioners and researchers through the complex issues to avoid possible pitfalls.
Author : Mohamed Msoroka
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 10,67 MB
Release : 2012-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3656131937
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Pedagogy - Job Education, Occupational Training, Further Education, University of Dodoma (College of Education), course: Organizational Behaviour, language: English, abstract: Introduction This paper provides detailed information about organizational culture specifically in education organizations. Because it is impossible to separate culture from value, therefore, in a way, the paper does not ignore to give a highlight on organizational value. The paper elaborates in deep the meaning, characteristics and foundation of organizational culture. In the aspect of value, the paper provides the meaning, types and profile of organizational value. However, the main focus of the paper is to show how organizational culture impacts organizational performance. Therefore, in order to bring out the impacts of organizational culture in the performance of organization, the paper gives the functions of organizational culture. The paper comes to an end by showing the strategies to build high performance culture in schools.
Author : Ajit Mathur
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1684668670
If you believe culture makes a real difference to an organization’s performance, this book is for you. It unravels organizational culture by answering three key questions: What is culture? Why is it important? How to transform culture? As a practical guide for managers and leaders, it will help you take the right steps toward creating a high-performance culture.
Author : Martin Parker
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,48 MB
Release : 2000-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761952435
Organizational Culture and Identity discusses the literature concerned with culture in organizations and explains why the term has been invoked with such enthusiasm. Martin Parker presents further ways of thinking about organizations and culture which suggest that organizational cultures should be seen as `fragmented unities' in which members identify themselves as collective at some times and divided at others.
Author : J. Steven Ott
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 39,17 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Marco Hierling
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 2007-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3638823679
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,3, The University of Sydney, language: English, abstract: The culture concept evolved to conceptualize humankind’s diversity, it asserts that we socially construct different understandings of nature and hence of the reality that surrounds us (Buchanan & Huczynski, 2004). Culture is ubiquitous, exists everywhere and has a significant influence. It affects not only the visible parts of individuals (behaviour and action) but also the invisible ones (beliefs and values). This complex interaction, which takes place on different levels, between individuals and groups within and with other organisations, can be seen as the primary determinant of behaviour in the workplace. The patterns of interaction between people and the external surroundings represent a complex environment which influences behaviour in organisations. Therefore, more and more managers are talking about changing their culture, creating a new culture, figuring out the impact of their culture, or preserving their culture. In this paper, the main focus is to define organizational culture and determine its influences on companies’ performance. Firstly, there are several related questions that will be discussed: What is organizational culture? What are the key elements of it? How is it formed and can it be managed to contribute to a firm’s performance? Secondly, we take a closer look at Google’s organizational culture and research, to discover whether there is a link between its culture and its performance. Finally, a conclusion is drawn about the culture-performance link and the difficulties associated with this topic.
