This thesis investigates how to create an environment for organizational change within the Market Research Department at the Gangler Company (a US-based consumer products company). I explore what is influencing the current cultural environment and which of those influencers can be shifted to encourage organizational change toward the “ideal” culture that the organization has identified. Using new institutionalism as the theoretical approach, I discuss the significance of institutional forces (such as the economy and the rise in technology) on the cultural elements (i.e. behaviors, ideas, material artifacts and social structures) in the Market Research Department. Lastly, I show that by understanding those institutional influences, I can better assess what cultural elements can be shifted and which cannot. Of the cultural elements that are able to be shifted, I recommend three interventions that the organization should employ: 1) from a contrive culture to a culture of candor, 2) from a culture of division to a culture of cohesion, and 3) from a culture of knowing to a culture of learning.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc700092 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Davis, Brooke |
| Contributors | Wasson, Christina, Jordan, Ann, Manning, Andrew |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 89 pages : color illustrations, Text |
| Rights | Public, Davis, Brooke, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
Page generated in 0.0019 seconds