The Flow of Organizational Culture, 1st ed. 2020 New Thinking and Theory for Better Understanding and Process

This book presents a new approach to organizational culture based in the ontologies of process metaphysics, complexity theory, and social constructionism. The author shows that most existing definitions of organizational culture are inadequate and argues that organizational culture is socially constructed, building on Schein's idea that culture emerges as a dynamic response to problem solving by the organization?s members. Through several case studies, he demonstrates that neglecting an organization's culture is responsible for the failures of organizational change efforts and shows how using this new model will lead to improved results. This book will be a valuable resources to anyone interested in organizational studies.

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 – A culture perspective: growing culture in a community garden

Chapter 3 – A mental model of organizational culture

Chapter 4 – Sense and Meaning

Chapter 5 – Ontologies of organizational culture

Chapter 6 – Culture and Organizational Change

Chapter 7 – Creating Context: the role of sensemaking in producing culture

Chapter 8 – Metaphors: a critical culture tool

Chapter 9 - Using the ideas and approaches: A case study

Chapter 10 – Working with Organizational Culture: Ideas about Consulting

Explores the dynamic processes that can establish a culture

Presents a straightforward and robust model of organizational culture and provides an improved conceptual basis for consulting

Accessible in both its language and presentation of theory without oversimplifying

Case studies offer clear illustrations of how and why the theory works and why the techniques are more effective for working with culture