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Rituals and rules: about magic in consultancy
Schuyt, Theo N.M.; Schuijt, John J.M. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 11 (1998) 5, pp. 399-406
the old to the new with not only rituals, but also rules. This approach has so far received little attention in management …
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Leaving our fathers’ house
Zanetti, Lisa A. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 15 (2002) 5, pp. 523-537
What does it mean to leave one’s father’s house? Archetypally, the father’s house represents the dominant content of a culture’s collective consciousness, as well as dominance in the form of tyranny and fear. There is little question that contemporary organizations remain edifices...
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E‐business and organisational change
Jackson, Paul; Harris, Lisa - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 16 (2003) 5, pp. 497-511
While much attention has recently been focused on the problems facing Internet start‐ups, the challenge of e‐business affects a much broader constituency of organisations. For established companies, the key challenge is one of change. Such companies must rethink fundamental aspects of...
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Diversity writ large
Bissett, Ngaire - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 17 (2004) 3, pp. 315-325
the current “new economy” environment, the discourse of management itself provides a means for such an endeavour to be …
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Learning and innovation: a narrative analysis
Reissner, Stefanie C. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 18 (2005) 5, pp. 482-494
issues for management researchers, challenging some previously taken for granted assumptions.  …
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Between cultures: values, training and identity in a manufacturing firm
Scheeres, Hermine; Rhodes, Carl - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 19 (2006) 2, pp. 223-236
and paradoxical implications of cultural change programs that would be of use to managers, management consultants and …
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Anatta : Buddhist insights into the paradoxical nature of organizational cultural problems
Neal, Mark - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 19 (2006) 4, pp. 518-528
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate paradoxes in the development of organizational cultural problems – paradoxes that go undetected by people involved in them. The paper explains why these paradoxes remain undetected, and shows how their “invisibility” is a foundation...
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Change in Romanian organizations: a management culture approach
Viorica Grigoruţă, Maria - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 19 (2006) 6, pp. 747-752
research for the processes of product change in the management activities of the organization from the perspective of … management culture. Findings – In the end, the observations were made on 84 valid questionnaires and they allowed for the … related to the way in which the management activity is currently conducted, especially in the Romanian companies which …
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Of mergers and cultures: “What happened to shared values and joint assumptions?”
Riad, Sally - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 20 (2007) 1, pp. 26-43
Purpose – This paper signals departure from a theoretical perspective on organizational culture in mergers and acquisitions based on a binary opposition between coherence and pluralism. The paper aims to outline another, dialogic perspective on cultural transformations in mergers and...
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The guru's gusto: management fashion, performance and taste
ten Bos, René; Heusinkveld, Stefan - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 20 (2007) 3, pp. 304-325
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of management gurus in a contemporary society. Design … – It is argued that the management guru is well at home in a social world in which presentation is a central theme. Hence … – This paper may help managers, as important consumers of guruesque ideas, to better understand the management guru …
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