Synopsis
The concept of culture is a key issue within management and organization studies. Understanding Organizational Culture provides a useful and comprehensive guide to understanding organizational culture, from a range of angles, contexts and sectors. The book answers questions of definition, explores alternative perspectives, and expands on substantive issues (such as leadership and change), before discussing key issues of research and providing a new framework for this topic.
Mats Alvesson synthesizes for students the advances in the field of organizational culture, drawing upon the range of relevant literature within Organization Studies.
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The author hopes to contribute to a more sensitive and sharper use of the idea of culture in organization and management studies. He argues that culture is best understood as referring to a deep-level, partly non-conscious set of meanings, ideas, and symbolisms. He focuses on both why cultural studies is important to understanding the success of organizations and on how to best study culture by taking in varying perspectives and relating them to each other. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)