Aligning organizational subcultures for competitive advantage : a strategic change approach

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Title:

Aligning organizational subcultures for competitive advantage : a strategic change approach

Author:

Hopkins, Willie Edward.

ISBN:

9780465030934

Personal Author:

Hopkins, Willie Edward.

Publication Information:

New York : Basic Books, 2005.

Physical Description:

226 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

New perspectives in organizational learning, performance, and change

Series Title:

New perspectives in organizational learning, performance, and change

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. What is corporate culture? -- 3. Corporate culture and performance -- 4. Occupational subcultures -- 5. Ethnic and racial subcultures -- 6. Gender and generational subcultures -- 7. Diagnosing corporate culture alignment -- 8. Assessing strategic vision -- 9. Confirming corporate values -- 10. Communicating vision and values -- 11. Building commitment to vision and values -- 12. Maintaining subculture alignment.

Abstract:

"Aligning Organizational Subcultures for Competitive Advantage takes a hard look at the subcultures within modern corporations, and demonstrates how reconciling differences among them produces a corporate culture that gives organizations a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Both a practical guide for managers and a valuable supplement for training in academic and organizational settings, this book focuses on the inner workings of organizational subcultures that can be aligned for purposes of achieving a mutually supportive corporate system." "Aligning Organizational Subcultures for Competitive Advantage brings together current research and examples of direct applications and provides a wealth of practical advice for the manager who seeks a clear, workable understanding of this important topic."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Corporate culture.

Organizational behavior.

Organizational change.

Strategic planning.

Organizational effectiveness.

Added Author:

Hopkins, Shirley A.

Mallette, Paul.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005013785.html

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Both a practical guide for managers and a valuable supplement for management-related courses and training in academic and organizational settings, Aligning Organizational Subcultures for Competitive Advantage takes a strategic change approach to aligning the multiple subcultures that exist in today's organizations.There are countless books on the business shelf that focus on corporate culture, but their views are often too broad to address an organization's real needs. The subcultures within a company cannot be overlooked, and their differences must be reconciled for them to work together on a daily basis within an organization. For an organization to operate optimally, these subcultures must be aligned properly. Aligning Organizational Subcultures for Competitive Advantage also brings together current research with direct applications to the task of aligning organizational subcultures and provides a wealth of practical advice for the manager who seeks a clear, workable understanding of this important topic.