Corporate Culture: Illuminating the Black Hole - Hardcover

Want Ed.D., Jerome

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312354843 ISBN 13: 9780312354848

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2006

Synopsis

No subject is more important to the success of today's business organization than Corporate Culture. After so many years of failed fads and fix-its, such as business-process reengineering, outsourcing, downsizing, flawed go-for-growth strategies, and outrageous cases of corporate lawlessness, Dr. Jerry Want brings clarity and direction to the one subject that is most critical to the success and very survival of today's corporation- corporate culture. Corporate Culture: Illuminating the Black Hole is the definitive source of knowledge for understanding and building the new type of business culture that is required in this age of radical business change. Through dozens of real-life examples drawn from his many years of consulting and corporate experience, and unique tools such as the proprietary Hierarchy of Corporate cultures ranging from Predatory through Bureaucratic to high-performing New Age cultures, Dr. Want shows concretely and clearly how a company's culture permeates everything it does, and how to revitalize the culture in order to grow and perform to maximum capability. Case studies show how corporate culture has contributed to the success of such companies as Nucor, Harley-Davidson, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and Cisco Systems, among others. The book also examines how flawed corporate cultures have contributed to the failure or near failure of former industry leaders such as SmithKline, Motorola, Arthur Andersen, Xerox, and Polaroid, among others.

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From the Back Cover:

"Jerry Want demonstrates--with no-holds-barred, real-world examples--that ignoring the importance of a company's culture can lead to the demise of even the mightiest enterprise. His archetypes of cultures of change vs. cultures of shame can provide a helpful guide to assessing and transforming corporate cultures."
--Jeffrey L. Bleustein, Ph.D., chairman, Harley-Davidson, Inc.
 
"Dr. Jerry Want provides insights as to how management and boards of directors can deal with the culture of the enterprises they serve. This book should be required reading for executives and  stakeholders."--George Vojta, chairman, E Standards Forum; former vice-chairman, Bankers Trust Co.
 
"The human side of business continues to confound even the best of corporations. Cultures must change as the business model changes. Dr. Want's newest book provides useful insights and strategies for transforming any business culture into a winning business culture."--James Walker, Ph.D, president, The Walker Group; founder, The Human Resource Planning Society 
 
"At last, a real-world perspective on the vital issue of corporate culture with solid recommendations for transforming underperforming and flawed business cultures into high-performing cultures that will drive corporate success. No one understands the issue better than Jerry Want."--Howard Levin, president and chief executive officer (retired), Digicon Electronics 
 
"In today's radically changed business climate, corporate culture has become the critical difference between failure and long-term success. Dr. Jerry Want provides keen insights for understanding and building an ethical and performance-driven business culture."--James M. Coblin, vice-president, Nucor Corp.

About the Author:

Dr. Jerome Want is a leading business change strategist and organizational consultant who brings more than a quarter century of corporate and consulting experience to his clients who have the desire to build performance-driven and ethical organizations in response to the current climate of dislocation and change. He is a cofounder of the McLean, Virginia-based Organization Strategies Intl., LLP (www.osiconsulting.com), and previously held a number of consulting and corporate roles, including director of Organization Design and Development with Motorola and vice president of Business and Organization Strategy for Digicon Electronics. he was a leading organizational and leadership consultant for Coopers & Lybrand, where he developed the firm's Strategic Leadership Practice. He holds a doctorate in the behavioral sciences from the University of Maryland and an advanced postdoctoral certificate in organization planning and development from Chicago Loyola University's School of Labor Relations. He is the author of numerous business articles and the highly acclaimed and former bestselling book Managing Radical Change: Beyond Survival in the New Business Age. In addition to his consulting, Dr. Want is a frequent speaker and seminar leader to business groups.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312354843
• ISBN 13: 9780312354848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224