The Flow of Organizational Culture

This book presents a new approach to organizational culture based in the ontologies of process metaphysics, complexity theory, and social constructionism. The author shows that most existing definitions of organizational culture are inadequate and argues that organizational culture is socially constructed, building on Schein's idea that culture emerges as a dynamic response to problem solving by the organization's members. Through several case studies, he demonstrates that neglecting an organization's culture is responsible for the failures of organizational change efforts and shows how using this new model will lead to improved results. This book will be a valuable resources to anyone interested in organizational studies.

Explores the dynamic processes that can establish a culture Presents a straightforward and robust model of organizational culture and provides an improved conceptual basis for consulting Accessible in both its language and presentation of theory without oversimplifying Case studies offer clear illustrations of how and why the theory works and why the techniques are more effective for working with culture

Autorentext

Jim MacQueen is a former Organizational Development Consultant at Virginia Tech, USA (retired). He has practiced OD on five continents in more than a dozen countries. Over the past 25 years, he has worked with Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, universities, nonprofits and small businesses as both an external and internal consultant.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. A culture perspective: growing culture in a community garden.- 3. A mental model of organizational culture.- 4. Sense and Meaning.- 5. Ontologies of organizational culture.- 6. Culture and Organizational Change.- 7. Creating Context: the role of sensemaking in producing culture.- 8. Metaphors: a critical culture tool.- 9. Using the ideas and approaches: A case study.- 10. Working with Organizational Culture: Ideas about Consulting.<p