Corporate Cultures: The Rites And Rituals Of Corporate Life

Business experts everywhere have been finding that corporations run not only on numbers, but on culture. Organization consultants Terrence Deal and Allan Kennedy probe the conference rooms and corridors of corporate America to discover the key to business excellence. They find that the health of the bottom line is not ultimately d by attention to the rational aspects of managing€”financial planning, personnel policies, cost controls, and the like. What€™s more important to long-term prosperity is the company€™s culture€”the inner values, rites, rituals, and heroes€”that strongly influence its success, from top management to the secretarial pool.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.

Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life

Business & Money

Deal, Terrence E.

Kennedy, Allan A.

Biography & History

Basic Books

Business experts everywhere have been finding that corporations run not only on numbers, but on culture. Organization consultants Terrence Deal and Allan Kennedy probe the conference rooms and corridors of corporate America to discover the key to business excellence. They find that the health of the bottom line is not ultimately guaranteed by attention to the rational aspects of managing—financial planning, personnel policies, cost controls, and the like. What's more important to long-term prosperity is the company's culture—the inner values, rites, rituals, and heroes—that strongly influence its success, from top management to the secretarial pool.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.

Using actual case histories that readers can apply directly to their businesses, two experts in organizational behavior, corporate culture, and customer service demonstrate how to dramatically improve a company's overall performance by motivating behind-the-scenes workers. Deal is the bestselling author of Corporate Cultures, which has sold 75,000 copies.

Managing the Hidden Organization: Strategies for Empowering Your Behind-the-Scenes Employee

Jenkins, William A.

Job Hunting & Careers

Grand Central Publishing

A new edition of the bestselling book on finding one's personal path to leadership Leading with Soul has inspired thousands of readers since its publication more than a decade ago. Far ahead of its time, the book illuminated the deeply personal journey to leadership. Now, in this new and revised edition, the authors update a timeless spiritual message in the light of the turmoil of recent years? including recession, the spread of global terrorism, and ethics scandals? as well as new insights from the literature of spirituality and work. <ul>
<li>Bolman and Deal are the co-authors of the bestselling book Reframing Organizations, now in its 4th edition</li> <li>Explores in greater depth the concepts of love, power, and significance as relates to leadership</li> </ul>
This completely revised story of an executive and his quest for deeper meaning continues to point the way to a more fulfilling work experience.

Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit

Bolman, Lee G.

Management & Leadership

Jossey-Bass

In the early '80s, Allan Kennedy and Terry Deal launched a new field of inquiry and practice, with the publication of Corporate Cultures, in which they argued that distinct types of cultures evolve within companies and have a direct impact on strategy and performance. Fifteen years later, the authors have teamed up to assess the effects of globalization, short-termism, technology, downsizing, outsourcing, mergers, and reengineering on corporate culture. They find that despite these tremendous pressures, organizations, by their very nature, will create self-reinforcing communities; the pattern today is for mini-cultures to form within the larger corporation. The challenge for managers and leaders at all levels is to find ways to knit these cultures together to unleash learning and encourage everyone to take ownership and pride in their work. Taking examples from innovative companies around the world, the authors offer new strategies for exercising cultural leadership,”rebuilding the cultural fabric of the organization, energizing the workforce, enhancing corporate performance, and preparing for new challenges in the 21st century.

The New Corporate Cultures

Business experts everywhere have been finding that corporations run not only on numbers, but on culture. In this revised and updated 2000 edition ofCorporate Cultures, organization consultants Terrence Deal and Allan Kennedy probe the conference rooms and corridors of corporate America to discover the key to business excellence. They find that the health of the bottom line is not ultimately guaranteed by attention to the rational aspects of managing-financial planning, personnel policies, cost controls, and the like. What's more important to long-term prosperity is the company's culture-the inner values, rites, rituals, and heroes-that strongly influence its success, from top management to the secretarial pool.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.

Kennedy, Allan

Deal, Terry

The authors of the hugely influential Corporate Cultures reunite to assess the effects of the last two decades of management trends and to offer new strategies for achieving corporate renewal.

The New Corporate Cultures: Revitalizing The Workplace After Downsizing, Mergers, And Reengineering

Deal, Terrence

In this updated version of their best-selling classic, the authors explain how the powerful tool of reframing --appraising situations from diverse perspectives--can be used to build high-performing, responsive organizations.

Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

Business Culture

Just as culture is critical to understanding the dynamics behind any thriving community, organization, or business, the daily realities and deep structure of school life hold the key to educational success. Reforms that strive for educational excellence are likely to fail unless they are meaningfully linked to the school's unique culture. In Shaping School Culture, Terrence E. Deal and Kent D. Peterson show how leaders can harness the power of school culture to build a lively, cooperative spirit and a sense of school identity. The authors draw from over twenty years of research on school improvement as well as from their own extensive work with school leaders across the country to identify viable new strategies for effective school leadership. They describe the critical elements of culture--the purposes, traditions, norms, and values that guide and glue the community together--and show how a positive culture can make school reforms work. Deal and Peterson also explore the harmful characteristics of toxic cultures and suggest antidotes to negativity on the part of teachers, students, principals, or parents. Using real-life cases from their own research, Deal and Peterson provide concrete, detailed illustrations of exemplary practice in different school cultures. They reveal the key symbolic roles that leaders play in school change and identify the specific skills needed to change school culture successfully. Shaping School Culture provides an action blueprint for school leaders committed to transforming their schools for success.

Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership (Jossey Bass Education Series)

Education & Teaching

Peterson, Kent D.

Schools & Teaching

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

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Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life

Corporate Cultures: The Rites And Rituals Of Corporate Life

Managing the Hidden Organization: Strategies for Empowering Your Behind-the-Scenes Employee

Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit

The New Corporate Cultures

Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life

The New Corporate Cultures: Revitalizing The Workplace After Downsizing, Mergers, And Reengineering

Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership (Jossey Bass Education Series)