The role of subcultures in agile organizations
By: Alicia Boisnier, Jennifer A. Chatman
Contributors: Chatman, Jennifer; Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 02-091; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 02-091
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Description: We propose that one way that strong culture organizations can become agile without losing their basis of strength, is by allowing certain types of subcultures to emerge. We explore how organizations can simultaneously reap the benefits of building and maintaining a strong culture while remaining responsive to dynamic environments. Subcultures can permit an organization to generate varied responses to the environment without necessarily destroying its internal coherence. Subcultures may provide the flexibility and responsiveness that a unitary culture may limit.
Notes: "May 24, 2002."

Includes bibliographical references.