Third Management Dimension - General Theory of Organizational Culture Management

Author: Wei Wenbin
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book first proposes the culturalist paradigm as the third dimension of management paradigm following the scientistic and humanistic paradigms. It not only explores the basic theories of organizational culture management but also provides a new perspective for explaining human management behavior, contributing to the development of management culture studies. The content discussed in each chapter includes:
Chapter 1, The Cultural Turn in Management Paradigms. This introductory chapter serves as the overall outline of the book. It summarizes the scientistic, humanistic, and culturalist paradigms of management, including their dimensions, and first proposes the culturalist paradigm. It highlights that this cultural turn in management not only profoundly influences the methodology of management research but also represents another major transformation in management paradigms.
Chapter 2, Cultural Models, Cultural Differences, and Organizational Culture. The study of organizational culture involves numerous disciplines, with its theoretical foundation primarily rooted in anthropology and sociology. This chapter summarizes the influence of cultural anthropology on organizational culture research.
Chapter 3, The Formation and Development of Corporate Culture Theory. In the early 1980s, Western management practice and academia experienced a surge in corporate culture research, challenging traditional management theories by emphasizing cultural factors and their role in business management. This chapter outlines the historical context of corporate culture formation and its theoretical milestones, summarizing the structure and functions of corporate culture. It clearly identifies corporate culture as a key element in achieving organizational success.
Chapter 4, The Cultural Dimensions of Cross-Border Management. With the acceleration of global economic integration and the advent of the era of globalized business operations and informatization, how to overcome conflicts between heterogeneous cultures in cross-cultural contexts and enhance management performance in different cultural environments have become key issues in comparative management and cross-cultural management research. This chapter analyzes the era-specific characteristics of the rise of cross-cultural management, summarizes its main theoretical viewpoints, and focuses on introducing Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory. It emphasizes that national cultural differences are the fundamental reasons for variations in management models across different countries, using the United States, Japan, and China as to analyze their respective management models centered on "law," "reason," and "emotion."
Chapter 5, The Levels, Elements, and Types of Organizational Culture. Organizational culture is a rich, multi-layered, and multi-elemental system. This chapter briefly introduces Schein's organizational culture model theory and Louis's cultural hierarchy structure theory, outlining the basic elements of organizational culture and three typical classification methods.
Chapter 6, The Construction, Maintenance, and Transformation of Organizational Culture. Organizational culture does not arise spontaneously; it undergoes a process of construction, maintenance, and transformation. This chapter analyzes the significant role of organizational founders and institutionalization in shaping organizational culture, discusses the construction objectives, stages, and methods of organizational culture management models, and summarizes the general patterns of organizational culture formation.
Chapter 7, Organizational Culture Conflict and Integration. Organizational culture is the crystallization of the fusion between the organization and culture. This integration process is not completed in a static, frictionless state but is driven by dynamic contradictions and conflicts.
Chapter 8, Postmodern Culture and Cultural Management Strategy. The postmodern cultural trend is one of the most significant cultural phenomena in Western culture in the 20th century, forming an ideological and cultural paradigm that converges various forms of postmodern discourse. One of its key characteristics is the creation of a multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional perspective, which directly influences the transformation of management theory. Through the discussion of the above content, the book concludes by emphasizing that management culture studies are a product of the intersection and integration of culture and management. It first proposes that management culture studies are a new branch of management and predicts that future management theory and practice will further integrate under the culturalist paradigm, achieving a higher level of complementarity and integration between scientific and behavioral management.