Influencing Organizational Culture

A Very Brief Introduction

In the management discourse few words are thrown about more carelessly than ‘organizational culture’. While the term is usually defined too broadly—including such phenomena as assumptions, values, traditions, articles of faith, myths and artifacts—this book applies a far more narrow concept.
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Managing Compliance

A Very Brief Introduction

In the wake of spectacular economic scandals, there has been a surge in interest about rule-breaking in organizations and the question of how to prevent such violations. more and more organizations are setting up ‘compliance management’ that are responsible for monitoring compliance with rules, sanctioning deviations from the rules, and establishing and interpreting new rules.
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Useful Illegality

The Benefits of Breaking the Rules in Organizations

How do rules get broken? When can deviating from the rules provide important impetus? What problems arise when rules are broken? How can they be discussed internally? Using a large number of concrete cases, Stefan Kühl takes a close look at the usefulness and risks of everyday rule deviations in organizations.
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