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"Certain consultants argue leaders can quickly, easily and considerably alter their organization cultures to improve performance. Conversely, field researchers have described situations where leaders could do little to alter the existing organization culture. Between these extreme positions, a spectrum of varying degrees of leader influence exists, and organizations fall at various places along this spectrum. This book presents five field studies dealing with team, service and sales cultures where both expected and unexpected outcomes arose. In multiple instances, leaders hoped showing some employee appreciation would compensate for offering below market average wages. Several leadership groups were prospering based on cost cuts or increased sales. Those below often had their work intensified and they were experiencing greater stress. Eight paradoxical situations were uncovered and the interpretations of the participants were based in part on their personal work histories and the history of their current organization. In each case, evidence of employee informal organization and managerial operating cultures were documented. Analyzing Organization Cultures uses detailed case studies of five work organizations to offer a comparative approach to analyzing organizational culture. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of organizational studies, management history, human resource management, and organizational theory"--

Organizational behavior. --- Corporate culture. --- Management. --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Culture, Corporate --- Institutional culture --- Organizational culture --- Corporations --- Organizational behavior --- Business anthropology --- Behavior in organizations --- Management --- Psychology, Industrial --- Social psychology --- Sociological aspects --- Teams in the workplace. --- Groups, Work --- Team building in the workplace --- Team work in the workplace --- Teambuilding in the workplace --- Teams, Work --- Teamwork in the workplace --- Work groups --- Work teams --- Social groups --- Work environment

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"Collaborative spaces are more than physical locations of work and production. They present strong identities centered on collaboration, exchange, sense of community and co-creation, which are expected to create a physical and social atmosphere that facilitates positive social interaction, knowledge sharing and information exchange. This book explores the complex experiences and social dynamics that emerge within and between collaborative spaces and how they impact, sometimes unexpectedly, on creativity and innovation. Collaborative Spaces at Work is timely and relevant: it will address the gap in critical understandings of the role and outcomes of collaborative spaces. Advancing the debate beyond regional development rhetoric, the book will investigate, through various empirical studies, if and how collaborative spaces do actually support innovation and the generation of new ideas, products and processes. The book is intended as a primary reference in creativity and innovation, workspaces, knowledge and creative workers, and urban studies. Given its short chapters and strong empirical orientation, it will also appeal to policy makers interested in urban regeneration, sustaining innovation, and social and economic development, and to managers of both collaborative spaces and companies who want to foster creativity within larger organizations. It can also serve as a textbook in master's degrees and PhD courses on innovation and creativity, public management, urban studies, management of work, and labor relations"--

Work environment --- Teams in the workplace. --- Social aspects. --- Groups, Work --- Team building in the workplace --- Team work in the workplace --- Teambuilding in the workplace --- Teams, Work --- Teamwork in the workplace --- Work groups --- Work teams --- Social groups --- Climate, Workplace --- Environment, Work --- Places of work --- Work places --- Working conditions, Physical --- Working environment --- Workplace --- Workplace climate --- Workplace environment --- Worksite environment --- Environmental engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Conditions de travail --- Groupes de travail. --- Aspects sociaux.

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This book develops best practices for collaboration between teams within large organizations, and demonstrates how an optimal environment for teamwork can improve business processes. To do so, it analyzes the system dynamics of living organisms and applies the results to the business environment. The book employs a consistent approach, applying recent advances in molecular biology to the structure and design of large industrial organizations. These insights from molecular biology are used to define the requirements for a practicable business management system based on the ISO 9000 criteria. The outcome is a viable and feasible system that can be used to design large organizations, e.g. by manufacturers of industrial equipment. In addition, four case studies are used to show how such a biologically inspired system can be implemented to positively and significantly impact business.

Organization. --- Planning. --- Management information systems. --- Industrial management. --- Project management. --- Industrial organization. --- Industrial engineering. --- Production engineering. --- Business Process Management. --- Project Management. --- Industrial Organization. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Industrial project management --- Management --- Business administration --- Business enterprises --- Business management --- Corporate management --- Corporations --- Industrial administration --- Management, Industrial --- Rationalization of industry --- Scientific management --- Business --- Industrial organization --- Computer-based information systems --- EIS (Information systems) --- Executive information systems --- MIS (Information systems) --- Sociotechnical systems --- Information resources management --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Executive ability --- Organisation --- Communication systems --- Teams in the workplace. --- Organizational effectiveness. --- Biological systems. --- Biosystems --- Systems, Biological --- Biology --- System theory --- Systems biology --- Groups, Work --- Team building in the workplace --- Team work in the workplace --- Teambuilding in the workplace --- Teams, Work --- Teamwork in the workplace --- Work groups --- Work teams --- Social groups --- Work environment --- Philosophy