Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture

Leading authorities share their approaches to understanding, managing and changing organizational cultures. Includes methods for identifying cultural norms, reinforcing the positive aspects of existing culture, and building new cultures that support organizational goals and strategies.

RALPH H. KILMANN holds the George H. Love Chair in Organization and Management and is director of The Program in Corporate Culture at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. He is the author or coauthor of numerous Jossey-Bass books, including Managing Beyond the Quick Fix (1989), and Corporate Transformation (1988).

1. Introduction: Five Key Issues in Understanding and Changing Culture (Ralph H. Kilmann, Mary J. Saxton, Roy Serpa)

Part One: What Is Culture: Its Function and Impact

2. How Culture Forms, Develops, and Changes (Edgar H. Schein)

3. Breakup of the Bell System: A Case Study in Cultural Transformation (W. Brooke Tunstall)

4. Believing Is Seeing: How Culture Influences the Decisions Top Managers Make (Alice M. Sapienza)

5. Strategic Myopia: Culture as an Invisible Barrier to Change (Jay W. Lorsch)

6. The Relationship of Corporate Culture to Industry Sector and Corporate Performance (George G. Gordon)

Part Two: General Approaches to Understanding and Managing Culture

7. Sourcing Workplace Cultures: Why, When, and How (Meryl Reis Louis)

8. Culture Is Not Just an Internal Affair (Stanley M. Davis)

9. Managing Specialized Corporate Cultures (Harry J. Martin)

10. Managing Culture at the Bottom (Tim R. V. Davis)

11. Corporate Taboos as the Key to Unlocking Culture (Ian I. Mitroff, Ralph H. Kilmann)

Part Three: The Dynamics of Cultural Change

12. The Cycle of Cultural Evolution in Organizations (W. Gibb Dyer, Jr.)

13. How to Decipher and Change Corporate Culture (Vijay Sathe)

14. You Can't Get There From Here: What Will Make Culture-Change Projects Fail? (Alan L. Wilkins, Kerry J. Patterson)

15. Cultural Change: Opportunity, Silent Killer, or Metamorphosis? (Terrence E. Deal)

Part Four: Specific Methods for Changing Culture

16. Four Phases for Bringing About Cultural Change (Robert F. Allen)

17. Five Steps for Closing Culture-Gaps (Ralph H. Kilmann)

18. Using Six Organizational Rites to Change Culture (Harrison M. Trice, Janice M. Beyer)

19. Arriving at Four Cultures by Managing the Reward System (Nirmal K. Sethia, Mary Ann Von Glinow)

20. Conclusion: Why Culture Is Not Just a Fad (Ralph H. Kilmann, Mary J. Saxton, Roy Serpa)

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Rent More, Save More! Use code: BBRENTAL

5% off 1 book, 7% off 2 books, 10% off 3+ books

Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

FREE SHIPPING

Rent More, Save More! Use code: BBRENTAL

5% off 1 book, 7% off 2 books, 10% off 3+ books

Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

Digital License