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On studying organizational cultures : diagnosis and understanding /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schultz, Majken
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1995.
Colección:De Gruyter studies in organization ; 58.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Culture in Organization Theory
  • Position within Organizational Theory
  • Culture as a New Metaphor
  • Culture as a New Approach
  • Contribution to Organizational Theory
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Variable or Metaphor
  • Integration, Differentiation and Ambiguity
  • Rationalism, Functionalism and Symbolism
  • Choice of Competing Perspectives
  • Functionalism and Symbolism
  • Empirical Field of Study
  • Choice of Focus
  • Empirical Material
  • Chapter 2. A Functionalist Perspective
  • The Functions of Organizational CultureThe Functional Existence of Culture
  • The Functional Explanation of Culture
  • The Functions of Organizational Culture
  • The Levels of Culture
  • Three Levels of Culture
  • Internal Relations between the Levels of Culture
  • The Cultural Paradigm
  • Relations between Cultural Levels and their Functions
  • Sorting out Cultural Data
  • The Specific Functions of Organizational Culture
  • A Functionalist Analytical Model: The Funnel
  • Subcultures in Organizations
  • A Clinical versus Ethnographic Method
  • Chapter 3. Functionalist Diagnosis of Organizational CultureArtifacts and Values in a Department
  • The Artifact Level: A Stratified Paper Pyramid
  • The Value Level: Means
  • The Value Level: Power and Status
  • Summary of the Value Level
  • Basic Assumptions in the Department
  • The Method of the Analysis of Basic Assumptions
  • Nobody Does it Better than We Do!
  • The Members of the Organization are at the Center!
  • This Belongs to Us!
  • The Organizationâ€?s Members are Able and Ready to Passively Adapt Themselves!
  • There is only One Truth, which Can Be Discovered from WithinThe Organization Members Constitute a Family which Works
  • The Cultural Paradigm
  • The Core of the Cultural Paradigm
  • Consistency and Inconsistency of the Cultural Paradigm
  • Tracing Backwards from Basic Assumptions
  • Relations between Basic Assumptions and Values
  • Inconsistency between Values and Basic Assumptions
  • Consistency between Values and Basic Assumptions
  • Unclarity between Values and Basic Assumptions
  • A Mixed Culture
  • The Effects of Artifacts in Relation to Values and Basic AssumptionsConsequences for the Functionalist Funnel Model
  • The Diagnosis of Organizational Culture
  • Chapter 4. A Symbolic Perspective
  • Symbolism
  • The Creation of Meaning
  • Symbols: The Expression of Meaning
  • Symbols in a Semiotic Context
  • The Multidimensional Reality
  • Culture as System
  • A Multiplicity of Interpretations
  • Webs of Meaning
  • Symbols
  • Physical Symbols: Objects
  • Behavioral Symbols: Rituals
  • Verbal Symbols: Myths, Sagas and Stories
  • Patterns between Symbols