'Understanding Organisational Culture as a Trait Theory'
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Abstract
| A generic model of organisational culture is developed, which distinguishes between the internal environment (organisational culture, strategy, structure, operations) and external environment (legitimization environment, task environment) of an organisation and suggests a set of five bipolar traits to characterize the normative personality characteristics of the organisation. The presented generic model of organisational culture integrates so far separate classes of organization theory and has the potential to serve as a basis for identification of types of corporate cultures and their dysfunctions. |
| Gerhard Fink is retired Jean Monnet Professor. During 2002-2009 he was Director of the doctoral programs at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Austria. He was the Director of the Research Institute for European Affairs during 1997–2003. He can refer to about 230 publications in learned journals and authored or (co-) edited about 15 books. In 2005, he was Guest Editor of the Academy of Management Executive. He is Associate Editor of the European Journal of International Management and Co-editor of the European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management. His research interests are in intercultural management, international business, business strategies and organisational change in the European market(s). |
| Maurice Yolles is a retired professor of management systems from Liverpool John Moores University. He heads the Centre for the Creation of Coherent Change and Knowledge (C4K). This operates with an international brief for research and training, especially in cultures of transformational change. As part over the last 2 decades he has run a number of international reseaerch and development programmes in Europe and China, some funded by the EU. He researches and teaches in areas connected with management of change, knowledge management, research methods, and management cybernetics. He is editor of the Journal of Organisational Transformation and Social Change, and has written in areas that include personality theory, governance, ideology and ethics, communications and philosophy. Until recently he was for 5 years the vice president for research and publications in the International Society of Systems Science. |
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