Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare three cultural approaches from anthropology and business literature: National Culture Approach (NCA), Corporate Culture Approach (CCA), and Transactional Culture Approach (TCA). The author grounds these approaches in different epistemological...

Reviews the Baldrige Award as a modern document and views CompuAdd as a post‐modern organization. Traces the steps of CompuAdd′s application for the Baldrige Award and shows CompuAdd′s culture to be excellent local practices, that are different from the Baldrige Award criteria, and that,...

Alvin Toffler foretold the technological “third wave”, in 1980. We suggest that there is an organizational fourth wave, the spiritually‐based firm. The movement toward spiritualizing the organization has apparently caught on and a number of highly diverse firms are attempting to instill a...

Addresses the notion of “phoria” in organizational change. Uses the device of the myth of the Erl König to explore the appropriation of emotion in organizations and considers the role of rhetoric, liturgy and ritual in the preparation for changes. Argues that organizations trivialize the...

Examines the structure of command in organizations and the use of “fear” to bring people into line during periods of rapid change. Details problems experienced by organizations who, though good at coping with crises, do not know what to do to maintain momentum without engineering the next...

Organizations are searching for new methodologies to address their biggest concern for the future ‐ their health. In a world of risk, danger, and corporate diseases, survival may depend on resilience. Addressing organizational health offers opportunities for harnessing powerful resources...