Organizational Culture and Leadership (Jossey-Bass Psychology Series)
- Book Review,
by Edgar H. Schein
From Book News, Inc.
Refreshed with new research and new case examples, the second edition of the 1985 work defining organizational culture expands on the concept and its application to the dilemmas of corporate management. Despite its being hard to define, analyze, measure, and manage, the concept continues to attract attention for the light it sheds on the workplace. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Book Description
Genuinely useful to those interested in effectiveness, leadership, and culture.
-- Joan V. Gallos, instructor in management, Radcliffe Seminars, Harvard University
Readers will:
* Understand team and organization dynamics
* See how new technologies influence organizations
* Learn about managing across cultural boundaries
* Gain insight into overcoming cultural resistance to change...and much more!
Focusing on the complex business realities of the '90s, organizational development pioneer Edgar H. Schein updates his influential understanding of culture, and lucidly demonstrates the crucial role leaders play in successfully applying the principles of culture to achieve their organizations' goals. Schein shows how to identify, nurture, and shape the cultures of organizations in any stage of development, and presents critical new learnings and practices in the field, including additional work on subcultures. The result is a vital aid to understanding and practicing organizational effectiveness.
Book Info
Second edition presents new learnings and practices in the field of organizational culture. Offers a wealth of fresh research and new case examples. DLC: Corporate culture.
From the Inside Flap
This second edition updates Schein's influential understanding of culture — what it is, how it is created, how it evolves, and how it can be changed — and lucidly demonstrates the crucial role leaders play in successfully applying the principles of culture to achieve their organizations' goals and fulfill their missions. Schein shows how to identify, nurture, and shape the cultures of organizations in any stage of development, and presents critical new learnings and practices in the field, including additional work on subcultures. The result is a vital aid to understanding and practicing organizational effectiveness.
From the Back Cover
An updated classic, now available in paperback: "Genuinely useful to those interested in effectiveness, leadership, and culture." — Joan V. Gallos, instructor in management, Radcliffe Seminars, Harvard University Focusing on the complex business realities of the 1990s, organizational development pioneer Edgar H. Schein transforms the abstract concept of culture into a practical tool that managers and students can use to understand the dynamics of organizations and change.
About the Author
EDGAR H. SCHEIN is professor of management at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the founders of the field of organizational development, Schein has authored numerous books and consults with organizations worldwide. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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