The Corporate Culture Survival Guide
by Edgar H. Schein
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"The Corporate Culture Survival Guide is the essential primer and practical guide every organization needs. Corporate culture pioneer Edgar H. Schein breaks the concept of 'culture' down into real terms, delving into the behaviors, values, and shared assumptions that define it, and explains why culture is the central factor in an organization's success—or failure. This new third edition is designed specifically for practitioners needing to apply these practices in real-world settings, and show more has been updated with new coverage of globalization, technology, and managerial competencies. You'll learn how to get past subconscious bias to assess whether or not your existing culture truly serves your organization, and how to introduce change and manage the change process over time for a best-case-scenario outcome. Case studies illustrate successful change in real companies, providing models and setting the bar for dismantling dysfunctional cultures. Corporate culture begins with the founder, and evolves—or not—over time. Is your culture working for or against your organization? How can it be optimized? This book separates the truth from the nonsense to provide real-world guidance on initiating and managing cultural change. Each of us is a part of many cultures—what you do, where you live, where you grew up, what you enjoy, how you live; in the workplace, many different people with many different cultures come together toward a common goal—will these cultures clash or synergize? The Corporate Culture Survival Guide shows you how to create an overarching corporate culture that gets everyone on the same page to drive your organization's success." -- Publisher's description. show lessTags
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Edgar H. Schein is the creator of the concept of a "corporate culture" and he has spent his life studying it at MIT. This book is a good introduction to his work. The book explains a concept and then gives a "Practical Implication" - a question or something to observe in your workplace.
This would be an excellent book for a group to read together and discuss at lunch. I know I'll be refering back to it in the future.
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This would be an excellent book for a group to read together and discuss at lunch. I know I'll be refering back to it in the future.
Some links to check out:
http://web.mit.edu/scheine/www/home.html
http://www.thinkers50.com/?page=biography&ranking=36
http://www.tnellen.com/ted/tc/schein.html
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Edgar M. Schein is the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus and a professor emeritus at the MIT Sloan School Management. A world-renowned expert on organizational culture credited with founding the field, he is the bestselling author of Humble Inquiry, Helping, and Humble Consulting.
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