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Regarded as one of the most influential management books of all time, this fourth edition of Leadership and Organizational Culture transforms the abstract concept of culture into a tool that can be used to better shape the dynamics of organization and change. This updated edition focuses on today′s business realities. Edgar Schein draws on a wide range of contemporary research to redefine culture and demonstrate the crucial role leaders play in successfully applying the principles of culture to achieve their organizational goals.
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Regarded as one of the most influential management books of all time, this fourth and completely updated edition of Edgar Schein′s Organizational Culture and Leadership focuses on today′s complex business realities and draws on a wide range of contemporary research to demonstrate the crucial role of leaders in applying the principles of culture to achieve their organizational goals.
Edgar Schein explores how leadership and culture are fundamentally intertwined, and reveals key findings about leadership and culture including:
Leaders are entrepreneurs and the main architects of culture
Once cultures are formed they influence what kind of leadership is possible
If elements of the culture become dysfunctional, it is the leader′s responsibility to do something to speed up culture change.
In addition, the book contains new information that reflects culture at different levels of analysis from national and ethnic macroculture to team–based microculture.
Praise for Prior Editions of Organizational Culture and Leadership
"Worth reading again and again and again."
—Booklist
"An organizational development pioneer uses an anthropological approach to address a leader′s role in shaping group and organizational dynamics."
—Knowledge Management
"[Schein] is, to use an overworked word, a guru, the recognized expert in the field."
—Inside Business
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If, like me, you are a student of corporate communication, you've probably found that Schein's name keeps on cropping up. That makes this book a must-read for gaining insight into one of today's leading organisational culture theorists, who builds on the work of Kurt Lewin.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Classic text updated into short readable chapters. Other writers are more complex and perhaps more current, but in the field of culture and leadership there are only so many variations on a theme and Schein had it covered!
Format:Paperback
What I have read so far I really like. The topic is thought provoking and the way Schein has written it makes it easy to get your mind around the sometimes nebulous concept of 'culture'.
His ideas about how culture is made up and the impact you can have on it is really helpful.
His ideas about how culture is made up and the impact you can have on it is really helpful.
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