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"Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail" by John P. Kotter
The author begins the article citing his experience with over 100 companies attempting to remake themselves, from General Motors to Bristol-Meyers Squibb. Successful change within these companies has ranged from very successful to total failure. Because...
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“Futures That Work: Using Search Conferences to Revitalize Companies, Communities, and Organizations”
A search conference is a participative planning event that enables people to create a plan for the most desirable future of their community or organization, a plan they carry out themselves. Search conferencing has a long, rich history. The first search...
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What Do We Know About Developing and Sustaining a Culture of Innovation
This article gives a brief overview of organizational culture including its definition, various models, and both qualitative and quantitative methods of studying an organization’s culture. The author begins by discussing culture in general and sites Hofstede...
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Building Culture Strategically: A Team Approach for Corrections
The guide, developed under the Strategic Planning, Management and Response project, encompassed six tasks: 1) identify/develop a strategic planning model/process useful to facilities; 2) & 3) develop a strategic management model/methodology and strategic...
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"Cognitive-Behavior Modification and Organizational Culture."
This article discusses the application of Cognitive-Behavior Modification (CBM) to organizational culture in order to influence organizational behavior. The author sites the work of Karl Weick and constructivist theory which states that individuals create...
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An Introduction to Changing Organizational Culture
Cameron and Quinn’s first chapter (An Introduction to Changing Organizational Culture) sets a radically assertive tone. Their arguments and claim that organizational culture separates all other previous researcher attempts to explain sustained organizational...
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"Complementary Use of Qualitative and Quantitative Cultural..." by Yauch and Steudel
The authors' goal was to ascertain key cultural factors that enhanced or detracted from companies' ability to institute new manufacturing techniques, while evaluating the qualitatiave and quantitative methods used to analyze their organizational...
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"Organizational Culture and Leadership" by E. Schein
This book is a thorough and thoughtful treatise that provides a functional/structural explanation of organizational culture. Schein draws upon his broad as well as deep understanding and experience with organizational culture change. He also lays out...
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"Sentencing in Context: A Multilevel Analysis" by Ulmer, J. T. & Johnson, B.
The organizational culture, social context and local judiciary influences on criminal sentencing decisions in Pennsylvania from 1997-1999 are the subject matter for this multi-level, quantitative analysis conducted by Ulmer and Johnson. [Ulmer, J. T....
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"Fostering a Performance-Driven Culture in the Public Sector" by Risher
The role of culture in organizations and hands-on management practices that support performance as a cultural priority within the public and private sectors are the focus of this author. [Risher, H. (2007). Fostering a Performance-Driven Culture in the...
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Cultural Transformation in a Health Care Organization....by Barriere, et al.
I nnovative leadership is the driving force behind cultural transformation. Organizational change is fostered in an atmosphere of trust and realized over time. Essential to successful, innovative structural change are interpersonal leadership skills which...
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"Scaling Social Impact: Strategies for Spreading Social Innovations" by Dees, et al.
Citing the "common challenge" of replicating innovation, the authors ask the fundamental question of how social innovations can be successfully spread to reach greater populations. Following years of interviewing social entrepreneurs and social...
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