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Organizational Culture and Leadership (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series) [Hardcover]

Edgar H. Schein (Author)


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1555424872 978-1555424879 November 13, 1992 2
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.


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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.

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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.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 418 pages
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 2 edition (November 13, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1555424872
  • ISBN-13: 978-1555424879
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #931,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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