Books

Assessment, Evaluation, Improvement: Success through Corporate Culture

(Bertelsmann Stiftung Hrsg.)

(2006)

This report  provides an overview of state-of-the-art knowledge with regard to the link between corporate culture and performance as well as approaches that have been used to assess and measure culture in organizations. It discusses different understandings of culture and how they lead to different ways of assessing it.

Current methods of culture assessment are compared. The comparison is arranged according to the respective focus on the cultural layer of analyses (e.g., norms, values, beliefs, and assumptions), the origin of dimensions and the purpose of assessment. Most of these approaches are single-method instruments. Along with multiplemethod approaches, they are described and discussed individually, followed by a short assessment of their strengths and weaknesses.

In addition, the report provides a more general evaluation of issues related to the assessment of culture and its link to performance, as well as the most promising approaches. These considerations lead to recommendations for the assessment of corporate culture with links to performance.
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Erfolgsfaktor Unternehmenskultur
Mit kulturbewusstem Management Unternehmensziele erreichen und Identifikation schaffen - 6 Best Practice-Beispiele

(2004)

Warum sind Unternehmenskultur und Führungsverhalten Erfolgsfaktoren im Wettbewerb? Wie kann Unternehmenskultur konkret gestaltet und Weiterentwickelt werden? Antworten auf diese Fragen liefern Beispiele aus der unternehmerischen Praxis der weltbekannten Traditionsunternehmen BMW Group, Deutsche Lufthansa, Grundfos, Henkel, Hilti und Novo Nordisk
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Unternehmenskultur
Erkennen, Entwickeln, Verändern

(2002)

Das weiche Thema Unternehmens-
kultur ist zu einem harten Erfolgs-
faktor avanciert. In diesem Buch wird der oft sehr diffus gebrauchte Begriff Unternehmenskultur in ganz praktischen Fragestellungen konkretisiert:
Durch welse grundlegenden Überzeugungen werden die Führungkräfte und Mitarbeiter in ihrem Denken und Handeln gesteuert? Können mit den so entstandenen kollektiven Denkmustern überhaupt Veränderungen im Markt erkannt werden?

Dieses Buch analysiert, beschreibt und zeigt, was im Sinne eines kulturbewussten Managements verändert und entwickelt werden kann.		 Luchterhand Buch.jpg
   
 

Cultural Complexity in Organizations - Inherent Contrasts and Contradictions

Editor
(1997)

The multiple perspectives thourgh which culture is explored in this volume show that culture in organizational settings is more complex, pluralistic, diverse, and contradictory than previously acknowledged. Addresing culture at various levels, including national, industrial, organizational, and sub-organizational, Cultural Complexity in Organizations provides an extremely broad, yet concise, analysis representing the latest research.
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Cultural Knowledge in Organizations - Exploring the Collective Mind

(1991)

This book presents origins, processes, and results of a study that was designed to shed light on the following fundamental questions:

  • What does culture mean in an organizationl context?
  • Is it the same concept as used in anthropology, in sociology, or in everyday life?
  • Of what does it consist?
  • What are the characteristics?
  • Where is it located and how can it be understood?
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