Organizational Cultures: Types and Transformations,Diana C. Phey

Taylor & Francis

This concise new introductory text provides succinct analysis of organizational cultures and the types of change they can set in motion. `Culture' is used in an original way to make sense of central issues of organizational behaviour. > In recent years global trade and telecommunications have rapidly been spreading the influence of large multinational forms of organization. An integral part of this process has been the rise of 'organizational cultures' unique to particular firms. In a world where such cultures are often in conflict with the societies in which they operate how can we understand the workings of cultural patterns and the kinds of transformations they can create? This concise new introductory text provides succint analysis of organizational cultures and types of change they can set in motion. 'culture' is used in an original way to bring together and make sense of cenrtral issues of organizational behaviour. The author explores the way in which forms of culture can ine