Organizational culture and leadership / Edgar H. Schein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schein, Edgar H.

Series:

Jossey-Bass business & management series ; 2.

The Jossey-Bass business & management series ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate culture.

Organizational behavior.

Leadership.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 436 p.) : ill.

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Regarded as one of the most influential management books of all time, this fourth edition of Leadership and Organizational Culture transforms the abstract concept of culture into a tool that can be used to better shape the dynamics of organization and change. This updated edition focuses on today's business realities. Edgar Schein draws on a wide range of contemporary research to redefine culture and demonstrate the crucial role leaders play in successfully applying the principles of culture to achieve their organizational goals.

Contents:

Part One: Organizational Culture and Leadership Defined

1. The Concept of Organizational Culture: Why Bother?

2. The Three Levels of Culture

3. Cultures in Organizations: Two Case Examples

4. Macrocultures, Subcultures, and Microcultures

Part Two: The Dimensions of Culture

5. Assumptions About External Adaptation Issues

6. Assumptions About Managing Internal Integration

7. Deeper Cultural Assumptions: What is Reality and Truth?

8. Deeper Cultural Assumptions: The Nature of Time and Space

9. Deeper Cultural Assumptions: Human Nature, Activity, and Relationships

10. Culture Typologies and Culture Surveys

11. Deciphering Organizational Cultures

Part Three: The Leadership Role in Building, Embedding, and Evolving Culture

12. How Culture Emerges in New Groups

13. How Founder/Leaders Create Organizational Cultures

14. How Leaders Embed and Transmit Culture

15. The Changing Role of Leadership in Organizational "Midlife"

16. What Leaders Need to Know About How Culture Changes

Part Four: How Leaders Can Manage Culture Change

17. A Conceptual Model for Managed Culture Change

18. Culture Assessment as Part of Managed Organizational Change

19. Illustrations of Organizational Culture Changes

Part Five: New Roles for Leaders and Leadership

20. The Learning Culture and the Learning Leader

21. Cultural Islands: Managing Multicultural Groups

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612755996

9780470640579

047064057X

9781282755994

1282755994

9780470640555 (e-book)

0470640553

9780470190609 (pbk.)

OCLC:

664571762