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An examination of culture in organizations, its influence on individuals, and its use as a management tool. Martin Parker discusses the deficiencies of the earlier literature of culture in organizations and presents organizational cultures as ""fragmented unities"" in which members identify themselves as collective at some times and divided at others.

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'Concerned with organizational culture, the central tenent of this book is that culture is not a harmoniously agreed principle, but a fragmented unity, where members are simultaneously both fragmented and unified... the book moves on to offer detailed examples of the fragmentary nature of organizational culture through the analysis of ethnographic studies undertaken by the author within three differing industries; a health authority, small manufacturing foundry and a building society, with chapers devoted to each... The introductory theory is very well illustrated...well signposted...[A]ppealing in its theoretical perspective to students of management & organizational studies, ...its straightforward clarity will appeal to undergraduate sociology students' - Sociology

"`Concerned with organizational culture, the central tenent of this book is that culture is not a harmoniously agreed principle, but a ""fragmented"" unity, where members are simultaneously both fragmented and unified.... the book moves on to offer detailed examples of the fragmentary nature of organizational culture through the analysis of ethnographic studies undertaken by the author within three differing industries; a health authority, small manufacturing foundry and a building society, with chapers devoted to each.... The introductory theory is very well illustrated…well signposted.…[A]ppealing in its theoretical perspective to students of management & organizational studies, …its straightforward clarity will appeal to undergraduate sociology students′ - Sociology"

'Concerned with organizational culture, the central tenent of this book is that culture is not a harmoniously agreed principle, but a fragmented unity, where members are simultaneously both fragmented and unified... the book moves on to offer detailed examples of the fragmentary nature of organizational culture through the analysis of ethnographic studies undertaken by the author within three differing industries; a health authority, small manufacturing foundry and a building society, with chapers devoted to each... The introductory theory is very well illustrated!well signposted.![A]ppealing in its theoretical perspective to students of management & organizational studies, !its straightforward clarity will appeal to undergraduate sociology students' - Sociology

'Concerned with organizational culture, the central tenent of this book is that culture is not a harmoniously agreed principle, but a fragmented unity, where members are simultaneously both fragmented and unified... the book moves on to offer detailed examples of the fragmentary nature of organizational culture through the analysis of ethnographic studies undertaken by the author within three differing industries; a health authority, small manufacturing foundry and a building society, with chapers devoted to each... The introductory theory is very well illustrated!well signposted.![A]ppealing in its theoretical perspective to students of management & organizational studies, !its straightforward clarity will appeal to undergraduate sociology students' - Sociology 'Concerned with organizational culture, the central tenent of this book is that culture is not a harmoniously agreed principle, but a fragmented unity, where members are simultaneously both fragmented and unified... the book moves on to offer detailed examples of the fragmentary nature of organizational culture through the analysis of ethnographic studies undertaken by the author within three differing industries; a health authority, small manufacturing foundry and a building society, with chapers devoted to each... The introductory theory is very well illustrated!well signposted.![A]ppealing in its theoretical perspective to students of management & organizational studies, !its straightforward clarity will appeal to undergraduate sociology students' - Sociology

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Martin Parker is a Professor of Culture and Organization at the School of Management, Leicester University

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