pros and cons of organizational culture
Organizational culture played key roles in two events of the 20th century, separated by 21 years. Watch both videos
1941
![Roberta Wohlstetter's Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision](images/Wohlstetter.1962.jpg)
Read part of Roberta Wohlstetter's take on it
Wohlstetter, R. (1962).
Pearl Harbor; warning and decision.
Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press
read pages vii-ix and 382-401
1962
![Graham Allison's Essence of Decision](images/Allison.1971.jpg)
Read part of Graham Allison's take on it
Allison, G. T. (1971).
Essence of decision: Explaining the Cuban missile crisis.
Boston: Little, Brown
read pages v-viii;
skim pages 10-38, 87-100, 144-184;
read pages 243-263; and
skim pages 264-277
things we'll talk about
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using Wohlstetter and Allison as examples, we'll reflect on the benefits and disadvantages of organizational culture
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why is an organizational culture necessary?
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does it help organizations orient their goals and prioritize?
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does it make organizations vulnerable to stagnation?
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think of companies and organizations that refused to change their organizational culture
and suffered as a result
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