Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework, Third Edition

Appendix C. HINTS FOR INITIATING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE CHANGE IN EACH QUADRANT

The purpose of this appendix is to stimulate your thinking about activities or behaviors that can move the organization toward the desired future culture. It is intended only to provide some starting notions and to stimulate creative thought on your part. Often managers indicate they know where they want to go (for example, "to increase emphasis in the adhocracy quadrant"), but they don't know where to begin—what actions to initiate or what to tackle first. These lists of actions have been derived from the suggestions of numerous managers who have initiated culture change, but because each organization may be different, many of them may not be relevant to your particular ...