| Description |
266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Part One: Histories And Theories Of Organizational Culture -- Managers in Search of Culture -- A Forgotten History of ̀Culture' -- Academics in Search of Culture -- Culture, Language and Representation -- Part Two: Three Stories -- Northern District Health Authority -- Vulcan Industries Ltd -- The Moortown Permanent Building Society -- Part Three: Cultures And Identifications -- Three Organizations -- Together and Apart -- Culture, Theory and Politics |
| Summary |
"Behind the rise of interest in organizational culture was the assumption that a hard 'scientific' management of institutions could be replaced by an approach that relied on a more humane understanding of people's values and culture. In Organizational Culture and Identity Martin Parker suggests that there are more important insights to be gained from applying the term 'culture' to organizations, but that much of the writing that brought the term to a wider public has been deficient. This book explores the history of ideas about culture in organizations and explains why the term has been invoked with such enthusiasm. Parker presents further ways of thinking about organizations and culture which suggest that organizational cultures should be seen as 'fragmented unities' in which members identify themselves as collective at some times and divided at others." "Organizational Culture and Identity will be widely read by students of management and organization studies, and will also be of interest to students of cultural studies and sociology."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-258) and index |
| Subject |
Corporate culture.
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Organizational behavior.
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| LC no. |
99075634 |
| ISBN |
076195242X |
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0761952438 (paperback) |
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