Analyzing Organization Cultures (Hardcover)

Certain consultants argue leaders can quickly, easily, and considerably alter their organization cultures to improve performance. Conversely, field researchers have described situations where leaders could do little to alter the existing organization culture. Between these extreme positions, a spectrum of varying degrees of leader influence exists, and organizations fall at various places along this spectrum. This book presents five field studies dealing with team, service, and sales cultures where both expected and unexpected outcomes arose. In multiple instances, leaders hoped showing some employee appreciation would compensate for offering below market average wages. Several leadership groups were prospering based on cost cuts or increased sales. Those below often had their work intensified and they were experiencing greater stress. Eight paradoxical situations were uncovered and the interpretations of the participants were based in part on their personal work histories and the history of their current organization. In each case, evidence of employee informal organization and managerial operating cultures were documented. Analyzing Organization Cultures uses detailed case studies of five work organizations to offer a comparative approach to analyzing organizational culture. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of organizational studies, management history, human resource management, and organizational theory.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
Release date:	April 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Bruce Fortado
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-51802-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Operational research Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Organizational theory & behaviour Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Personnel & human resources management
LSN:	0-367-51802-3
Barcode:	9780367518028

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