Organizational Culture
Subtitle: Mapping the Terrain (Foundations for Organizational Science)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: August 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780803972940
Subjects: Organizational theory & behaviour; Social & cultural anthropology; Social Science; General; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology; Management - General; Organizational Behavior; Business & Economics / Management; Business & Economics / Organizational Behavior; Business & Economics-Organizational Behavior; Social Science-General; Corporate culture; Anthropology - Cultural
First sentence: When organizations are examined from a cultural viewpoint, attention is drawn to aspects of organizational life that historically have often been ignored or understudied, such as the stories people tell to newcomers to explain "how things are done around her," the ways in which offices are arranged and personal items are or are not displayed, jokes people tell, the working atmosphere (hushed and luxurious or dirty and noisy), the relations among people (affectionate in some areas of an office and obviously angry and perhaps competitive in another place), and so on.