Book description
This report by Prof. Dr. Sonja Sackmann, University Bw, Munich,
provides an overview of state-of-the-art knowledge with regard to the
link between corporate culture and performance as well as approaches
that have been used to assess and measure culture in organizations. It
discusses different understandings of culture and how they lead to
different ways of assessing it. Current methods of culture assessment
are compared. The comparison is arranged according to the respective
focus on the cultural layer of analyses (e. g., norms, values, beliefs,
and assumptions), the origin of dimensions and the purpose of
assessment. Most of these approaches are single-method instruments.
Along with multiplemethod approaches, they are described and discussed
individually, followed by a short assessment of their strengths and
weaknesses. In addition, the report provides a more general evaluation
of issues related to the assessment of culture and its link to
performance, as well as the most promising approaches. These
considerations lead to recommendations for the assessment of corporate
culture with links to performance.
