Cultures in Organizations: Three Perspectives / Edition 1

by Joanne Martin

Overview

Focusing on organizational culture, this work argues that the best way to view organizations is to see them through three different perspectives - each revealing a different kind of truth. The author has done research studying the organizational culture of a California high technology firm. This book explores what she learned from her studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195071641
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/03/1992
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	9.19(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Joanne Martin is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business and also, by courtesy, in the Department of Sociology at Stanford University. Author or co-author of four books and numerous articles, she has served as Chair of the Organization and Management Theory Division and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management, and is a fellow both of the American Psychological Society and of the American Psychological Association.

Table of Contents

1. Seeing Cultures from Different Points of View2. Gathering the Data3. OZCO: An Integration View4. The Integration Perspective: Harmony and Homogeneity5. OZCO: A Differentiation view6. The Differentiation perspective: Separation and Conflict7. OZCO: A Fragmentation View8. The Fragmentation perspective: Multiplicity and Flux9. Cultural Change: Moving beyond a Single Perspective10. Giving Up the Authority Game: A Postmodern Critique of the Three-perspective FrameworkReferencesIndex