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Tables of Contents for Leading Organizations Through Transition
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
ix
Leadership and Cultural Management
x
What This Book Does
xi
Overview of the Chapters
xii
Acknowledgments
xv
Managing Hearts, Minds, and Souls
1
28
Managing Culture as a Part of the Overall Strategic Plan
3
3
Historical Roots of the Cultural Approach
6
2
Basic Elements of Corporate Culture
8
4
Cultural Sites and Levels
12
2
Culture in the Contemporary Workplace
14
4
Character and Strength of Culture
18
3
Culture and Fundamental Assumptions
21
8
Assessing and Changing Organizational Culture
29
20
Reasons for Initiating Cultural Change
31
4
Evaluating a Particular Culture
35
3
Leading the Cultural Change
38
4
The Change Process
42
7
Vision and Cultural Development
49
18
Building a Vision
51
1
Why a Long-Term Vision?
52
6
Adapting to Change
58
1
Building Identification
58
2
Developing and Implementing a Vision
60
7
Guiding Interpretations and the Art of Framing
67
25
The Centrality of Interpretations
69
3
Why Framing?
72
1
The Relation of Framing to Visioning and Culture Change
73
1
The Social Construction of Interpretive Frames
73
2
Discursive Instruments for Framing
75
10
The Dangers of Framing
85
2
Recognizing Framing Opportunities
87
5
Employee Participation and Cultural Change
92
24
Employee Participation and Cultural Change
94
6
Questions Regarding Empowerment
100
6
Methods of Participation in Change
106
2
Developing Principles of Dialogue
108
8
The Ethics of Cultural Control and Organizational Change
116
27
The Need for Ethical Considerations
118
2
Cultural Elements Conducive to Unethical Behavior
120
6
Ethical Considerations of Cultural Control
126
4
Creating an Ethics Program
130
3
``Walking the Talk''
133
5
Ethical Considerations of Cultural Change
138
5
Culture and Technological Change
143
17
How Are Technology and Culture Related?
145
1
What Counts as Information?
146
2
Identifying Goals of Technological Change
148
1
Assessing the Potential Impact of Technological Change on Culture
149
5
The Influence of Cultural Identification on Adaptability
154
2
Assessing the Usefulness of Technological Change
156
4
Managing Culture Through Transition Periods
160
23
Organizational Transition and Culture Clash
162
1
The Passing of an Organizational Founder or Leader
162
5
Organizational Transition Owing to Economic, Personnel, and Market Changes
167
4
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Corporate Reorganizations
171
12
Managing Culture in Multinational Organizations
183
13
The Transnational Organization Today
185
4
Gauging Cultural Adaptivity
189
7
Putting a Change Process Together
196
25
Looking Back
198
1
Managing Culture
198
1
Leading and Managing
199
1
Writing Cases
200
5
Toward a Learning Organization
205
2
Putting What You Know Into Practice
207
14
Index
221
10
About the Authors
231