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

by Kim S. Cameron, Robert E. Quinn
March 2011
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
5h 49m
English
Jossey-Bass
Content preview from Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework, Third Edition

Chapter 7. A CONDENSED FORMULA FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE CHANGE

Almost all organizations develop a dominant type of organizational culture. They tend to emphasize one or more of four culture types: adhocracy, clan, hierarchy, or market culture. Particular types of cultures form as certain values, assumptions, and priorities become dominant as the organization addresses challenges and adjusts to changes. These dominant cultures help the organization become more consistent and stable as well as more adaptable and flexible in dealing with its rapidly changing environment.

Whereas these culture types tend to evolve in predictable ways over time, organizations also face the need to change cultures in connection with many other forms of organizational ...

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ISBN: 9780470650264