organizational culture

read to prepare yourselves for session 12

  1. Chatman, J. A., & Jehn, K. A. (June 01, 1994). Assessing the Relationship between Industry Characteristics and Organizational Culture: How Different Can You Be?. Academy of Management Journal, 37, 3, 522-553.
  2. Schein, E. H. (1985). Organizational culture and leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Chapter 1, Defining organizational culture, 3-15.

To start your thinking about organizational culture, read

things we'll talk about


  • define organizational culture from the Schein reading
  • plan to discuss your personal experiences with organizational cultures
  • what organizational examples (or companies) can we think of that have been successful because of their organizational culture?
slides for session 12