Organizational Culture and Leadership (Jossey-bass management series (Jossey-Bass social & behavioral science series) - Tapa dura

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.

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 UniversityFocusing 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.