7Assessment of the Theoretical Evolution of Organizational Culture
Introduction
This chapter presents a theoretical overview of seven decades in the evolution of the tradition of the Organizational Culture (OC) concept from the perspective of the following notable authors, Pettigrew, Ott, Schein, Denison and Alvesson. This chapter has a dual purpose. To review the importance of OC in organizational development and management, and also to compare their theories how they diverge from the traditional human resource (HR)/human resource management models of the industrial past and to what extent they convergence and align with the new human centered paradigm embedded in ...
