Organizational Change Management
1. Look back at the discussion of Miles and Snows typologies of strategic behaviour and Mintzbergs organisational forms in Chapter 7 and assess how well or poorly they fit with the types of culture proposed by Handy and Pheysey. Prescribe reading unit 7 page 300 to 303 along with prescribe reading unit 8 page 344 to answer this question. 2.Compare and contrast Calori and De Woots country groupings and characteristics with the countries positions on Laurents cultural dimensions and the models presented in Figure 8.7. To what extent do any of these characterisations agree with your own experience, either through business dealings or as a tourist? Prescribe reading unit 8 page 357 to page 361 to answer the question. 3. For any organisation you know well, use the basic matrix in Figure 8.10 to do the following: . Insert, in each cell of the main body of the matrix, words and/or phrases that encapsulate the different relationships (listed horizontally) according to the management of the tasks (listed vertically). 2. In the final column on the right, summarise the corporate culture for each task. 3. In the final row, summarise the corporate culture for each of the relationships. What do the summaries tell you about this organisations overall culture? Prescribe reading unit 8 page 370 . 4. Critically evaluate the notion that a strong culture results in commercial success for an organisation. 5. Explain with examples why it is important that the culture of an organisation is compatible with the wider societal culture in which it operates.
