The Corporate Culture Survival Guide (J–B US non–Franchise Leadership)

The Corporate Culture Survival Guide (J–B US non–Franchise Leadership)

by EdgarH.Schein (Author)

Synopsis

Corporate culture pioneer Edgar H. Schein gets back to basics and delivers a dynamite primer on changing cultures packed with practical advice. Here, Schein separates the sense from the nonsense regarding culture change theory and practice and tells in plain terms how readers can assess their organization to determine if its current culture fits its people and products. He then examines corporate culture on three levels-behaviors, values, and shared assumptions-and shows how each factors into change initiatives. Framed around the questions managers ask most often, the book uses case studies to show what successful change looks like and to demonstrate how you can dismantle a dysfunctional culture. A Warren Bennis Book

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Publisher: Jossey Bass
Published: 01 Aug 1999

ISBN 10: 0787946990
ISBN 13: 9780787946999

Media Reviews
Ed Schein has crystallized a lifetime of etching, research, and reflection on the dynamics of corporate culture and change. Rarely does an academician speak as clearly and pragmatically to business leaders as does Schein. (Don Davis, retired CEO, The Stanley Works, and senior MIT lecturer on leadership and ethics) Anyone with even the slightest interest in the too-often used and abused notion of corporate culture will want this book. (John Van Maanen, Erwin Schell Professor of Organization Studies, MIT) Schein provides an enormously helpful set of ideas and applications that will make the manager's tasks of working with and trying to change the cultures in their organizations much more feasible and a lot less painful. (Peter J. Frost, Edgar F. Kaiser Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of British Columbia)
Author Bio
EDGAR H. SCHEIN is professor of management at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the founders of the field of organizational development, Schein has authored numerous books and consults with organizations worldwide. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.