Showing papers on "Organizational culture published in 1974"
TL;DR: In this article, a contingency approach is proposed, various measures are discussed, and the authors critically review one of the most important but least understood concepts in management -organizational climate.
Abstract: This paper critically reviews one of the most important but least understood concepts in management--organizational climate. A contingency approach is proposed, various measures are discussed, and ...
476 citations
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01 Jan 1974
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the basis of management theory and science, science, theory, and practice, as well as its application in the field of international management.
Abstract: PART ONE: THE BASIS OF MANAGEMENT THEORY AND SCIENCE: Management: Science, Theory, and Practice. Management and Society: Social Responsibility and Ethics. PART TWO: PLANNING: The Nature and Purpose of Planning. Objectives. Strategies, Policies, and Planning Premises. Decision Making. PART THREE: ORGANIZING: The Nature and Purpose of Organizing. Basic Departmentation. Line/Staff Authority and Decentralization. Effective Organizing and Organizational Culture. PART FOUR: STAFFING: Human Resource Management and Selection. Performance Appraisal and Career Strategy. Manager and Organization Development. PART FIVE: LEADING: Managing and Human Factor. Motivation. Leadership. Communication. PART SIX: CONTROLLING: The System and Process of Controlling. Control Techniques and Information Technology. Productivity and Operations Management. Overall and Preventive Control. PART SEVEN: INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND THE FUTURE: International Management--Toward a Unified, Global Management Theory.
426 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the results of an exploratory study comparing U.S. and Japanese consumers' perceptions of various foreign and national "made in" product images.
Abstract: This article reports the results of an exploratory study comparing U.S. and Japanese consumers' perceptions of various foreign and national “made in” product images. “Made in” profiles of products originating in England, France, Germany, U.S.A., and Japan were constructed using semantic differential responses from U.S. and Japanese consumers. Profile differences are analyzed statistically and implications discussed.
114 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, an analytic approach to Marxist-Leninist sociopolitical systems that integrate regime and sociocultural units is presented, based on a structural conception of political culture, a conception that stresses the informal adaptive quality of political cultures, and that includes behavioral as well as attitudinal patterns.
Abstract: This paper is addressed to three tasks and the analysis operates at three levels. First, there is an attempt to specify an analytic approach to Marxist-Leninist sociopolitical systems that integrates regime and sociocultural units. This approach rests on a structural conception of political culture, a conception that stresses the informal adaptive quality of political culture, and that includes behavioral as well as attitudinal patterns. The second task consists of analyzing the paradoxical character of development in Soviet-type systems; development that simultaneously reinforces and undermines traditional-peasant political cultures at the community, regime, and elite levels. Finally, this pattern of development is examined in the context of a single Soviet-type regime and society, the Romanian.
66 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the organizational climate of a hospital is investigated, and its impact on job satisfaction for nurses and administrators is analyzed for different climate dimensions, which are found to influence individua...
Abstract: The organizational climate of a hospital is investigated, and its impact on job satisfaction is analyzed for nurses and administrators. Different climate dimensions are found to influence individua...
35 citations
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TL;DR: This article found that the profile of the subsidiary managers differs substantially from that in the local companies, and that U.S. firms operating abroad must hire managers largely from the same labor force as host country companies.
Abstract: Although U.S. firms operating abroad must hire managers largely from the same labor force as host country companies, this study indicates that the profile of the subsidiary managers differs substantially from that in the local companies.
5 citations
16 Apr 1974
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01 Aug 1974
TL;DR: The focus of as discussed by the authors is organizational alienation, and it is shown that alienation provides the necessary link between the study of the quality of organizational life and quality of life, unlike job satisfaction.
Abstract: The focus of this study is organizational alienation. Unlike job satisfaction, alienation provides the necessary link between the study of the quality of organizational life and the quality of life...
3 citations