Organizational Culture and Leadership

Regarded as one of the most influential management books of all time, this fourth edition of Leadership and Organizational Culture transforms the abstract concept of culture into a tool that can be used to better shape the dynamics of organization and change. This updated edition focuses on today's business realities. Edgar Schein draws on a wide range of contemporary research to redefine culture and demonstrate the crucial role leaders play in successfully applying the principles of culture to achieve their organizational goals.

Edgar H. Schein is Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of numerous books, including Process Consultation Revisited, The Corporate Culture Survival Guide, Career Anchors, and most recently, Helping: How to Offer, Give and Receive Help.

Preface to Fourth Edition ix


The Author xv


Part One: Organizational Culture and Leadership Defined


1. The Concept of Organizational Culture: Why Bother? 7


2. The Three Levels of Culture 23


3. Cultures in Organizations: Two Case Examples 35


4. Macrocultures, Subcultures, and Microcultures 55


Part Two: The Dimensions of Culture


5. Assumptions About External Adaptation Issues 73


6. Assumptions About Managing Internal Integration 93


7. Deeper Cultural Assumptions: What is Reality and Truth? 115


8. Deeper Cultural Assumptions: The Nature of Time and Space 125


9. Deeper Cultural Assumptions: Human Nature, Activity, and Relationships 143


10. Culture Typologies and Culture Surveys 157


11. Deciphering Organizational Cultures 177


Part Three: The Leadership Role in Building, Embedding, and Evolving Culture


12. How Culture Emerges in New Groups 197


13. How Founders/Leaders Create Organizational Cultures 219


14. How Leaders Embed and Transmit Culture 235


15. The Changing Role of Leadership in Organizational "Midlife" 259


16. What Leaders Need to Know About How Culture Changes 273


Part Four: How Leaders Can Manage Culture Change


17. A Conceptual Model for Managed Culture Change 299


18. Culture Assessment as Part of Managed Organizational Change 315


19. Illustrations of Organizational Culture Changes 329


Part Five: New Roles for Leaders and Leadership


20. The Learning Culture and the Learning Leader 365


21. Cultural Islands: Managing Multicultural Groups 385


References 401


Index 415


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