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1 online resource (282 pages) |
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Above the Line; Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Why I wrote this book; Organisations and people; I value organisations; Above the line culture; The importance of culture; Culture and evolution; Supporting beliefs; A corporate anthropologist at work; Participant observation; Ethnographic field work; Understanding culture; Part 1 UNDERSTANDING CULTURE; CHAPTER 1 What is culture?; Defining culture; The way of culture; The why of culture; A formal definition of culture; Culture is active and self-organising; Culturing; Culture is shared values, beliefs and rituals |
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Culture is transmitted from generation to generationA simpler definition of culture; CHAPTER 2 Why organisations should take culture seriously; The relationship of culture to business strategy; Culture is your organisation's first competitor; Culture is another word for performance; The impact of the global financial crisis; Gen Y employee expectations; Why organisations should take culture seriously; CHAPTER 3 Aligning culture and strategy; The relationship between culture and strategy; Culture and performance; Aligning culture and company strategy; Misaligned on strategy |
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Price, service or product? Pick one!From customer value to operating model; Values alignment to strategy; Understanding values; What are values?; How do values differ from morals and ethics?; How do values function?; The role of values in an organisation; Are values as important as organisations think they are?; Part II ABOVE THE LINE CULTURE; CHAPTER 4 Above and below the line cultures; Discovering above and below the line cultures; Below the line culture traits; Misaligned to strategy; Fearful; Angry; Taking; Draining; Empty; Lost; Disingenuous; Sense of rumour; Adopting a silo mentality |
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Attention turned inChildish; Reactive; Blame storms; Pessimistic; High staff turnover; 10 costs associated with a below the line culture; Above the line culture traits; Giving; Fast; Sense of humour; Belonging; Attention turned out; Mature; Adaptive; Thought leading; Willing; Optimistic; Strong employee value proposition; 10 benefits of operating with an above the line culture; CHAPTER 5 Below the line stages: dead cultures; CHAPTER 6 Below the line stages: dying cultures; Summary of culture traits at this level; CHAPTER 7 Below the line stages: disabled cultures; Owning the culture |
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Understanding ownership for leadersDisabled cultures; Characteristics of disabled cultures; CHAPTER 8 Crossing the line: a shift in perspective; The line and productivity; CHAPTER 9 Above the line cultures: stable; New behaviours; Summary of culture traits at the stable level; CHAPTER 10 Above the line cultures: successful; Mission and purpose; New questions; Summary of culture traits at the successful level; CHAPTER 11 Above the line cultures: excelling; New ways of thinking; The importance of intent; Features of excelling cultures; Summary of culture traits at the excelling level |
| Summary |
Position your organisation's culture to attain new heights Above the Line: How to Create a Company Culture that Engages Employees, Delights Customers and Delivers Results offers all leaders a handbook for leveraging an organisation's culture to engage staff, increase customer satisfaction and streamline business performance. A groundbreaking work, this book reveals what it takes to achieve optimum results from your organisational culture without employing the use of external consultants. This organic, in-house approach to company culture transformation saves both time and money. Step-by-step, |
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Print version record |
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Corporate culture.
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Corporations -- Sociological aspects.
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Organizational behavior.
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Customer services.
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Customer relations.
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Industrial relations.
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Organizational Culture
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industrial relations.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
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Corporate culture
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Corporations -- Sociological aspects
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Customer relations
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Customer services
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Industrial relations
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Organizational behavior
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780730312529 |
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0730312526 |
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9780730312512 |
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0730312518 |
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073031250X |
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9780730312505 |
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9781306802581 |
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130680258X |
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