Organizational culture
By: [edited by] Peter J. Frost ... [et al.].
Contributors: Frost, Peter J.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Beverly Hills
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 419
Copyright date: 1985
Subjects: Organizational behavior; Corporate culture; Organizational change; Quality of work life
Description: This five-part volume has two purposes: to explore the connections between culture inside and outside organizations, and to focus on a diverse range of methodologies useful in understanding organizational symbols, rituals, language, and distribution of power. Part One focuses on theoretical discussions and analyses of organizational culture. In Part Two, the contributors distinguish the process of cultural change from the deliberate management of that process. Part Three confronts the problem of how to conduct and manage research. Part Four places organizational culture in a wider social context. Part Five looks at the future of this area of organizational study. - Publisher.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 391-412.
Table of contents: title: Prologue / Anthony G. Athos; title: An allegorical view of organizational culture / Peter J. Frost, Larry F. Moore, Meryl Reis Louis, Craig C. Lundberg, Joanne Martin; title: Part one : Perspectives on organizational culture.; title: Introduction / Meryl Reis Louis; title: Cultural organization : fragments of a theory / John Van Maanen, Stephen R. Barley; title: Is the concept of culture a paradigm for understanding organizations and ourselves? / Linda Smircich; title: An investigator's guide to workplace culture / Meryl Reis Louis; title: Part two : Can organizational culture be managed?; title: Introduction / Joanne Martin; title: Founders and the elusiveness of a cultural legacy / Joanne Martin, Sim B. Sitkin, Michael Boehm; title: After the founder : an opportunity to manage culture / Caren Siehl; title: The life stages of a symbol : when symbols work and when they can't / Thomas C. Dandridge; title: Untangling webs, surfing waves, and wildcatting : a multiple-metaphor perspective on managing organizational culture / Linda A. Krefting, Peter J. Frost; title: On the feasibility of cultural intervention in organizations / Craig C. Lundberg; title: Can organizational culture be managed? A synthesis / Walter R. Nord; title: Part three : How should organizational culture be studied?; title: Introduction / Craig C. Lundberg; title: Managing research while researching managers / Philip H. Mirvis; title: The difficulty of framing a perspective on organizational culture / Guy B. Adams, Virginia Hill Ingersoll; title: Is ethics the issue? / Michael Owen Jones; title: Ethical considerations in cultural research in organizations / Stanley Deetz; title: Unethical business behavior must be understood / Charles Butcher; title: Part four : How are organizational cultures and the wider cultural context linked?; title: Introduction / Larry F. Moore; title: Organization change as a symbolic transformation process / Per-Olof Berg; title: Culture collisions in mergers and acquisitions / Gordon A. Walter; title: The transformation of organizational cultures : a competing values perspective / Robert E. Quinn, Michael R. McGrath; title: Linking the host culture to organizational variables / Brenda E.F. Beck, Larry F. Moore; title: A cultural perspective on the study of industrial relations / Robert J. Davies, Nan Weiner; title: Culture as culture / Mavor Moore; title: Part five : Does organizational culture have a future?; title: Introduction / Peter J. Frost; title: The significance of corporate culture / Karl E. Weick; title: About the authors