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Organisational Culture

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Edgar ScheinOrganizational Culture and Leadership, 1985

A pattern of shared basic assumptions a group learned while solving problems of external adaptation and internal integration — taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think and feel.

Charles HandyGods of Management, 1978

Culture comes in identifiable types — power, role, task and person cultures — each shaping how decisions, influence and work actually flow.

Peter Drucker (attributed)Widely attributed aphorism

Culture eats strategy for breakfast — however brilliant the plan, the shared habits of the organisation decide what actually gets executed.

The EclipseFrontiers® LensCulture is the strategy your people run when nobody is watching.
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