Analysing and Realigning Organizational Culture.
Presents a process developed by the authors that can be used to help organizational leaders and change agents make alignments between their ‘espoused’ and ‘existing’ organizational cultures. The immediacy of the changes produced by ‘tune-ups’ can build trust and commitment to the change process. The process can also initiate deeper change in the form of rebuilds and replacements. Finally, the process provides organizational leaders and members with a working mental model of culture and its powerful effects on behaviour. :Kimberly Buch & David Wetzel :Leadership & Organizational Development Journal 22/1 2001 MCB University Press. :6/1/2001 :Article
The Organizational Culture Saga 2: From OD to TQM: A Critical Review of the Literature.
The second in a series of two articles tracing the saga of the organizational culture literature from the organization development model through to the recent interest in total quality management (TQM), forming a link between the three concepts. All efforts at culture change have been seen to be determined by the measures laid down in traditional OD theory. Transformational leadership strategies involving the use of power are discussed :Dianne Lewis :Leadership & Organization Development Journal 17/2 [1996] 9–16 :6/1/1996 :Article
The Organizational Culture Saga 1 – from OD to TQM: A Critical Review of the Literature. Part 1 - Concepts and Early Trends.
Reviews the literature concerned with defining the concept of culture itself and recommended methods of study, diagnosis and measurement, including themes that occur predominantly in the early literature. :Dianne Lewis :Leadership & Organization Development Journal 17/1[1996] 12-19 :6/1/1996 :Article
Overcoming the Problems of Cultural Differences to Establish Success for International Management Teams
In developing effective international management teams it appears that the following areas should be considered: Identifying the nature and implications of national cultural differences within the team; Establishing a basis for building understanding and awareness of cultural differences and how they may be managed; Formulating a framework for developing a high performing team which takes account of cultural differences and leverages the diversity present is an international team. This article sets out to explore each of these areas and propose an overall framework for building in international management teams. :Malcolm Higgs :Team Performance Management: An International Journal. V 2 N. 1 Page: 36 -- 43 :6/1/1996 :Article
The Corporate Culture Survival Guide: Sense and Nonsense About Culture Change
Examines corporate culture on three levels -- behaviors, values, and shared assumptions -- and shows how each factors into change initiatives. Framed around the questions managers ask most often, the book uses case studies to show what successful change looks like and to demonstrate how you can dismantle a dysfunctional culture. :Edgar H. Schein :Warren Bennis Books/JosseyBass :9/1/1999 :Book
Moving corporate culture beyond the executive suite.
In its fiduciary role, the board of directors should select a CEO who mirrors the desired ethos of the company. If the board remains cognizant of cultural compatibility as a central criterion in the hiring process, it may engage in strategic oversight without undue interference in the internal operations of the business. Once the board has fulfilled its selection mandate, problems of cultural execution await the CEO, especially in companies trying to effect cultural change. By using human resources as a strategic lever, however, chief executives can meet the Board's mandate for unity of purpose based on core values. :David P Boyd; Thomas M Begley :Corporate Governance: The Int. J. of Effective Board Performance, Volume: 2 :6/1/2002 :Article
Managing for Value: It's Not Just About the Numbers
In theory, value-based management programs sound seductively simple. Putting VBM into practice requires a great deal of patience, effort, and money. According to the authors' study, companies that successfully use VBM programs share five main characteristics. Properly applied, a VBM program will put your company's profitability firmly on track. That's because, the authors contend, the successful VBM program is really about introducing fundamental changes to a big company's culture. :Philippe C. Haspeslagh ; Tsutomu Noda ; Fares Boulos :Harvard Business Review :7/1/2001 :Article