Transforming Culture [electronic resource] : Creating and Sustaining a Better Manufacturing Organization /
Briody, E.author.
Trotter, R.author.
Meerwarth, T.author.
Transforming Culture offers a discussion and exploration of American work culture that can serve as a guide for organizational-culture change through the description and explanation of a model for change used at GM. The book describes the model, discusses culture-change tools that were derived from it and descriptions of how the tools work.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 Introduction to the American Manufacturing Culture Story; 2 Significant Cultural Transformations in the Automotive Industry; 3 Helping Organizations to See "What Was" and "What Is"; 4 Getting Organizations to See "What Is" and "What Could Be"; 5 Obstacles to Cultural Transformation; 6 Reliance on Cultural Processes during Cultural Transformation; 7 Tools to Aid in Cultural Transformation; 8 Lessons Learned, Futures Planned; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transforming Culture offers a discussion and exploration of American work culture that can serve as a guide for organizational-culture change through the description and explanation of a model for change used at GM. The book describes the model, discusses culture-change tools that were derived from it and descriptions of how the tools work.
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Management.
Organization.
Planning.
Anthropology.
Industries.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
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Anthropology.
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