Organizational Culture and Identity

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

`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

• IntroductionPART ONE: HISTORIES AND THEORIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTUREManagers in Search of CultureA Forgotten History of `Culture′Academics in Search of CultureCulture, Language and RepresentationPART TWO: THREE STORIESNorthern District Health AuthorityVulcan Industries LtdThe Moortown Permanent Building SocietyPART THREE: CULTURES AND IDENTIFICATIONSThree OrganizationsTogether and ApartCulture, Theory and Politics