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Values and Valuations: The Conflicts between Culture Change and Job Cuts
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In this article, the authors evaluate the extent to which culture change programmes have been achieved in the organizations concerned, i.e. what values are cultivated and to what extent are they shared by organizational members.Abstract:
Based on empirical work from two major UK organizations. British Airways and BT (formerly British Telecom), both of whom have, after privatization, engaged in large‐scale culture change programmes. Both organizations have made substantial job cuts and (at the time of writing in May 1991) both organizations have announced the need for further redundancies. Considers the objectives of culture change programmes and evaluates the extent to which they have been achieved in the organizations concerned, i.e. what values are cultivated and to what extent are they shared by organizational members? Considers the conflicting messages offered by the redundancy programmes and attempts to assess the implications for individuals and for self‐perception of job losses in the context of culture change.read more
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The Meaning of Empowerment: The Interdisciplinary Etymology of A New Management Concept
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The meaning of empowerment: the interdisciplinary etymology of a new management concept
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The measurement and antecedents of affective, continuance and normative commitment to the organization
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a three-component model of organizational commitment, which integrates emotional attachment, identification with, and involvement in the organization, and the normative component refers to employees' feelings of obligation to remain with the organization.
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Concepts of Culture and Organizational Analysis
TL;DR: The significance of the concept of culture for organizational analysis has been examined in this article, where a review demonstrates that the concept takes organization analysis in several different and promising directions, such as comparative management, corporate culture, organizational cognition, organizational symbolism, and unconscious processes and organization.
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Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life
TL;DR: For junior and senior managers alike, Deal and Kennedy offer explicit guidelines for diagnosing the state of one's own corporate culture and for using the power of culture to wield significant influence on how business gets done as discussed by the authors.
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Organizational Culture and Leadership: A Dynamic View
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a comprehensive analysis of organizational culture - what it is, how it develops, and how it functions in relation to managerial style and organizational effectiveness. But they do not discuss the role of organizational diversity.
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Corporate cultures: The rites and rituals of corporate life : Addison-Wesley, 1982. ISBN: 0-201-10277-3. $14.95
TL;DR: For junior and senior managers alike, Deal and Kennedy offer explicit guidelines for diagnosing the state of one's own corporate culture and for using the power of culture to wield significant influence on how business gets done.