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Examining Corporate Culture

August 2007

In this issue:

Organizational Culture: Enabling Strategy Execution

Seven Reasons Organizational Culture Matters

Creating a “Corporate” Culture of Service Excellence

Organizational Culture Change: Is It Really Worth the Effort?

Central Eastern Europe: Evolution of Corporate Culture

Culture is the behavior that results when a group arrives at a set of (generally unspoken and unwritten) rules for working together. Why the recently renewed interest in the concept of Corporate Culture? Likely because it is recognized that aligning organizational culture to strategy has a significant potential influence on productivity. Our authors offer their perspectives as they define and explore various dimensions of corporate culture and suggest approaches that could enhance your competitive advantage.

Keith D. Jones
OI Partners, Atlanta

Organizational Culture: Enabling Strategy Execution

Executives need to understand the role culture plays in the execution of strategy. Here are 15 points that must be considered when it comes to culture.

Seven Reasons Organizational Culture Matters

There are many bottom-line business reasons to focus on and build organizational culture. Here are 7 of those reasons.

Creating a "Corporate" Culture of Service Excellence

Often, the company mission statement is not how things are really done in a company’s day-to-day operations. Therefore, there are 6 principles that are vital to creating and sustaining a culture of service excellence.

Organizational Culture Change: Is It Really Worth the Effort?

Attempting to change organizational culture can lead to enormous frustration. Here are 6 reasons for organizational culture’s stubborn resistance to change -- and hints for effective change agents.

Central Eastern Europe: Evolution of Corporate Culture

The concept of corporate culture brings to mind certain binding values and rules of behavior. Central Eastern Europe is an interesting region to discuss in this context because of the fairly recent transition from a planned to market economy.