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8 : Culture and Management Style
In this context the term ‘Management style’ is used to
describe a whole range of issues relating to the structure
of the organisation and how relationships between
different units and divisions are handled. Variations in
style may relate to the type of structure used - embryonic,
functional, divisional or multi-divisional etc. It can also
refer to the ways in which strategy is formulated and to
the nature of the planning and control process. The
approaches to the centralisation/decentralisation issues
and the management of synergies between value chains
are also, in a sense, matters of style.
Corporate Culture is normally defined as that set of
shared values, beliefs, and habits of thought which
interact within the structure, policies and politics of an
organisation to produce a set of behavioural norms.
Culture is that which makes members of an organisation
behave more like each other, and less like non-members.
Deal & Kennedy ( ) have identified four components of
culture. These are shown below.
DEAL & KENNEDY’S COMPONENTS OF CULTURE
Corporate Culture
Values Heroes Rites & Communications
Rituals
