Cultural Complexity in Organizations

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The multiple perspectives through which culture is explored in this volume show that culture in organizational settings is more complex, pluralistic, diverse, and contradictory than previously acknowledged. Addressing culture at various levels, including national, industrial, organizational, and sub-organizational, Cultural Complexity in Organizations provides an extremely broad, yet concise, analysis representing the latest research. Somé of the areas of focus are implicit managerial understandings and overt practicés; the growth and decline of organizations, with a focus on culture; and managerial control strategies and the dynamics of subcultural formation, change, and temporary reconciliation. Written by a multinational and multidisciplinary group of scholars, the contributions are based on case studies describing situations in an array of settings such as Samsung, a car plánt in Slovenia, Hewlett-Packard, a Dutch amusement park, a U. S. software developer, and an airline (SAS),... Tovább

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The multiple perspectives through which culture is explored in this volume show that culture in organizational settings is more complex, pluralistic, diverse, and contradictory than previously acknowledged. Addressing culture at various levels, including national, industrial, organizational, and sub-organizational, Cultural Complexity in Organizations provides an extremely broad, yet concise, analysis representing the latest research. Somé of the areas of focus are implicit managerial understandings and overt practicés; the growth and decline of organizations, with a focus on culture; and managerial control strategies and the dynamics of subcultural formation, change, and temporary reconciliation. Written by a multinational and multidisciplinary group of scholars, the contributions are based on case studies describing situations in an array of settings such as Samsung, a car plánt in Slovenia, Hewlett-Packard, a Dutch amusement park, a U. S. software developer, and an airline (SAS), as well as examples from the not-for-profit sector. Using empirical data based on innovative and multi-method research approaches, Cultural Complexity in Organizations is an important reader that goes beyond description to make recommendations on how to better deal with cultural complexity in organizations. Especially useful for students and professionals in organization studies, management, gender studies, sociology, and psychology. Vissza