Organizational Culture and Leadership

Edgar H. Schein , Peter Schein 지음

Wiley 2016년 12월 05일 출간

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The book that defined the field, updated and expanded for today's organizations Organizational Culture and Leadership is the classic reference for managers and students seeking a deeper understanding of the inter-relationship of organizational culture dynamics and leadership. Author Edgar Schein is the 'father' of organizational culture, world-renowned for his expertise and research in the field; in this book, he analyzes and illustrates through cases the abstract concept of culture and shows its importance to the management of organizational change. This new fifth edition shows how culture has become a popular concept leading to a wide variety of research and implementation by various organizations and expands the focus on the role of national cultures in influencing culture dynamics, including some practical concepts for how to deal with international differences. Special emphasis is given to how the role of leadership varies with the age of the organization from founding, through mid-life to old age as the cultural issues vary at each stage. How culture change is managed at each stage and in different types of organizations is emphasized as a central concern of leader behavior.. This landmark book is considered the defining resource in the field. Drawing on a wide range of research, this fifth edition contains 25 percent new and revised material to provide the most relevant new concepts and perspectives alongside the basic culture model that has helped to define the field. Dig into assumptions and typologies to decipher organizational culture Learn how culture begins, thrives, or dies with leadership Manage cultural change effectively and appropriately Understand the leader's role in managing disparate groups The resurgence of interest in organizational culture has spurred an awakening in research, and new information is continuously coming to light. Outdated practices ar

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Acknowledgments ix Preface xiii Foreword xv About the Authors xxiii Part One: Defining the Structure of Culture 1. How to Define Culture in General 3 The Problem of Defining Culture Clearly 3 Summary and Conclusions 14 Suggestions for Readers 16 2. The Structure of Culture 17 Three Levels of Analysis 17 Summary and Conclusions 29 Suggestions for Readers 30 3. A Young and Growing U.S. Engineering Organization 31 Case 1: Digital Equipment Corporation in Maynard, Massachusetts 31 Summary and Conclusions 42 Suggestions for Readers 43 4. A Mature Swiss-German Chemical Organization 45 Case 2: Ciba-Geigy Company in Basel, Switzerland 45 Can Organizational Cultures Be Stronger than National Cultures? 55 Summary and Conclusions 56 Questions for Readers 59 5. A Developmental Government Organization in Singapore 61 Case 3: Singapore’s Economic Development Board 61 The EDB Nested Cultural Paradigms 63 Summary and Conclusions: The Multiple Implications of the Three Cases 73 Questions for Readers 75 Part Two: What Leaders Need to Know about Macro Cultures 6. Dimensions of the Macro-Cultural Context 81 Travel and Literature 81 Survey Research 82 Ethnographic, Observational, and Interview-Based Research 86 Human Essence and Basic Motivation 96 Summary and Conclusions 102 Questions for Readers 104 7. A Focused Way of Working with Macro Cultures 105 Cultural Intelligence 107 How to Foster Cross-Cultural Learning 109 The Paradox of Macro Culture Understanding 117 Echelons as Macro Cultures 118 Summary and Conclusions 121 Suggestion for the Change Leader: Do Some Experiments with Dialogue 122 Suggestion for the Recruit 123 Su

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저자(글) Edgar H. Schein

EDGAR H. SCHEIN is the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus and a professor emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management. A world-renowned expert on organizational culture credited with founding the field, he is the bestselling author of Humble Inquiry, Helping, and Humble Consulting.

저자(글) Peter Schein