Organisational Culture

Monir H. Tayeb
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Monir H. Tayeb: Heriot-Watt University

Chapter 9 in The Management of International Enterprises, 2000, pp 146-158 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Organisational culture is a concept which, like its two constituent parts, is difficult to define. Schein (1985), a writer who has contributed most significantly to the study of organisational culture, proposed his own definition after a brief critical assessment of other writers. He argued that organisational culture should be viewed as a property of an independently defined stable social unit. Organisational culture refers to basic assumptions and beliefs that are shared by members of an organisation. These operate unconsciously, and define in a basic ‘taken-forgranted’ fashion an organisation’s view of itself and its environment. These assumptions and views are based on shared experiences and have worked for a sufficiently long time to be taken for granted and be dropped out of awareness. Organisational culture, in this sense, is a learned product of group experience and is therefore to be found only where there is a definable group with a significant history.

Keywords: Organisational Culture; National Culture; Corporate Culture; Multinational Firm; International Firm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230598591_9

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