It's the Organizations Culture : It's the Organization's Culture

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCormick, Bruce A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate culture.

Organizational change.

Performance.

Success in business.

Local Subjects:

Corporate culture.

Organizational change.

Performance.

Success in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amherst : HRD Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is it about organizations that cause many of the people who work for them to wish they worked somewhere else? Bruce McCormick believes it is the culture. And he has written this book to help you better understand your culture, change the aspects of it that are not productive and protect those that are. If you're a leader who would like to create a workplace environment that makes employees want to get up in the morning and help your organization succeed, It's the Organization's Culture is for you. This isn't just any book. It is a train-ride novel on the substance of organizational cultur

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1. It All Started at the Beginning; Chapter 2. What We Know About Organizational Culture; Chapter 3. The Evolution of Culture; Chapter 4. Behaviors Tell a Story; Chapter 5. What about values?; Chapter 6. A Metaphorical Ride; Chapter 7. Why is it so difficult to change a culture?; Chapter 8. Traditional Way; Chapter 9. Values and Performance; Chapter 10. The Making of a New Bureaucracy; Chapter 11. Are we stuck with bureaucracy?; Chapter 12. Managing Culture Development; Chapter 13. How to Change a Culture; Chapter 14. Obstacles to Culture Change

Chapter 15. A Culture Change ProcessChapter 16. Journey's End; Chapter 17. The End; Appendix A. VALOR; Appendix B. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Collated Reports; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-59996-433-3

OCLC:

609837961