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Author Kilmann, Ralph H.

Title Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture / [edited by] Ralph H. Kilmann, Mary J. Saxton, Roy Serpa, and Associates
Edition First edition
Published San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, 1985
1985

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Description 451 pages : illustrations
Series A Joint publication in the Jossey-Bass management series and the Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series
Jossey-Bass management series.
Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series.
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction: Five Key Issues in Understanding and Changing Culture (Ralph H. Kilmann, Mary J. Saxton, Roy Serpa) -- Part One: What Is Culture: Its Function and Impact -- 2. How Culture Forms, Develops, and Changes (Edgar H. Schein) -- 3. Breakup of the Bell System: A Case Study in Cultural Transformation (W. Brooke Tunstall) -- 4. Believing Is Seeing: How Culture Influences the Decisions Top Managers Make (Alice M. Sapienza) -- 5. Strategic Myopia: Culture as an Invisible Barrier to Change (Jay W. Lorsch) 6. The Relationship of Corporate Culture to Industry Sector and Corporate Performance (George G. Gordon) -- Part Two: General Approaches to Understanding and Managing Culture -- 7. Sourcing Workplace Cultures: Why, When, and How (Meryl Reis Louis) -- 8. Culture Is Not Just an Internal Affair (Stanley M. Davis) -- 9. Managing Specialized Corporate Cultures (Harry J. Martin) -- 10. Managing Culture at the Bottom (Tim R. V. Davis) -- 11. Corporate Taboos as the Key to Unlocking Culture (Ian I. Mitroff, Ralph H. Kilmann) -- Part Three: The Dynamics of Cultural Change -- 12. The Cycle of Cultural Evolution in Organizations (W. Gibb Dyer, Jr.) -- 13. How to Decipher and Change Corporate Culture (Vijay Sathe) -- 14. You Can't Get There From Here: What Will Make Culture-Change Projects Fail? (Alan L. Wilkins, Kerry J. Patterson) -- 15. Cultural Change: Opportunity, Silent Killer, or Metamorphosis? (Terrence E. Deal) -- Part Four: Specific Methods for Changing Culture -- 16. Four Phases for Bringing About Cultural Change (Robert F. Allen) -- 17. Five Steps for Closing Culture-Gaps (Ralph H. Kilmann) -- 18. Using Six Organizational Rites to Change Culture (Harrison M. Trice, Janice M. Beyer) -- 19. Arriving at Four Cultures by Managing the Reward System (Nirmal K. Sethia, Mary Ann Von Glinow) -- 20. Conclusion: Why Culture Is Not Just a Fad (Ralph H. Kilmann, Mary J. Saxton, Roy Serpa)
Analysis Cultural transformation--Barrier to change--Corporate performance--Managing culture--Cultural change
Organisations Management
Organisations Management Conference proceedings
Notes "From October 24 to 27, the Program in Corporate Culture, Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh sponsored a conference"--P. x
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and indexes
Notes Also issued online
Subject Corporate culture -- Congresses.
Corporate culture.
Organizational change -- Congresses.
Organizational change.
Author Kilmann, Ralph H.
Saxton, Mary J., 1953-
Serpa, Roy, 1935-
University of Pittsburgh. Program in Corporate Culture.
LC no. 85045059
ISBN 0875896669