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Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations

Aligning culture and strategy

By Robert Hooijberg, Daniel R. Denison, Nancy Lane and Megan Colleen Lief

220 pages

Hardcover

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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.

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Axiom Business Book Awards 2013
Category: International Business/Globalization
Silver medal

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Jossey-Bass

ISBN

9780470908846

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