ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE (4 TH ED.

Barbara Senior & Stephen Swailes

Chapter 4: Culture and change

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
 Recognize the importance of the informal
organization and its role in relation to organizations
and change;
 Explain the meaning of culture;

 Compare and contrast different cultural models and

typologies;
 Identify the origins of organizational culture and
appreciate how culture pervades all aspects of
organizational life;
 Examine how cultural differences impact upon
organizational change.