Transformations of Corporate Culture: Experiences of Japanese Enterprises

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Walter de Gruyter, 1998 - Business & Economics - 445 pages
 

Contents

Concept of corporate culture
1
Nature and kinds of corporate culture
8
Functions of corporate culture
17
the performance of the company 5 Summary 223
23
Dimensions and types of corporate culture
27
The surveys
48
Summary
54
5
61
Summary
238
Productmarket strategy
241
Danger that the culture of a major product dominates
249
Multinational management
257
Competition
263
Internal development and external development
266
Organizational structure and personnel management system
277
Systems and rules that vitalize culture
284

Five models of diversity
70
Table of contents
79
Effects of diversity of subcultures
85
Means for assimilation and differentiation
91
Development of corporate culture
101
Development of group attitudes
111
Symbiotic relations between environments and members
120
Summary
131
Factors changing the corporate culture
142
Illustrations of impacts of three factors on corporate culture
152
Influence agents
159
Some approaches that decrease the perceived distance of change
165
Summary
181
Transformation of corporate culture
183
Experiences from
189
Timing of change
198
Discussion
210
Table of contents
215
Effects and limitations
223
Internalization of philosophy and visions
229
Personnel management systems
292
Survey results concerning the relations between
312
Summary
324
Interviews with company presidents on the required
333
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Organization
345
The case of 3M
352
Corporate philosophy
372
Evaluation
380
Response to new opportunities
385
Comparing corporate cultures
395
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Summary
406
Appendices
413
Cluster analysis
421
References
429
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