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Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations
Aligning culture and strategy
By Robert Hooijberg, Daniel R. Denison, Nancy Lane and Colleen Lief
220 pages
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Filled with case studies from firms such as GT Automotive, GE Healthcare China, Vale, Dominos, Swiss Re Americas Division, and Polar Bank, among others, this book combines twenty years of research and survey results to illustrate a critical set of cultural dynamics that firms need to manage in order to remain competitive.
Each chapter uses a case as a means to illustrate an important aspect of culture change focusing on seven common culture-change dilemmas including creating a strategic alignment, keeping strategy simple, and more.
You can also buy the book on Barnes & Nobles, Book Depository, Orell Füssli and Routledge.
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Jossey-Bass
ISBN
9780470908846
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