Organisational culture is highly resistant to change - Discuss

  Organisational culture is highly resistant to change ’ (Morley et al. 1998 ) Discuss  

Table of contents

1.  Introduction  1

2.  Changing Organisational Culture?  1

2.1  Definition of Organisational Culture  1

2.2  Can culture be changed?  3

2.2.1  Culture is resistant to change  3

2.2.2  Culture can be systematically changed  6

2.3  The cycle of cultural evolution  8

3.  Conclusion  10

  Bibliography  11

Table of  figures  

  Figure 1 : Levels of organisational culture  2

  Figure 2 : Sources of change resistance  5

  Figure 3 : Guiding principles of culture management  7

  Figure 4 : The cycle of cultural evolution  9

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‘Organisational culture is highly resistant to change.’ (Morley et al. 1998). Discuss

‘Organisational culture is highly resistant to change.’ (Morley et al. 1998). Discuss