PLM Library · Book
Organizational Culture and Leadership
- Author
- Edgar H. Schein, Peter A. Schein
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 5th edition
- Year
- 2016
Summary
Schein's foundational work on organizational culture explains how culture forms, how leaders shape it, and how underlying assumptions drive behavior in organizations.
It explores the relationship between culture, leadership and organizational change, with frameworks for deciphering culture and guidance on how leaders can manage cultural change.
Our verdict
Recommended reading. Useful for examining established assumptions about information ownership, functional autonomy and collaboration that may affect PLM adoption — the cultural layer beneath process and tool change.
Who should read it
- —Executives and change leaders addressing cultural resistance to PLM
- —Consultants assessing organizational readiness for cross-functional processes
- —Students and practitioners of organizational change
How it relates to your work
- —Explains why PLM initiatives stall on unspoken assumptions about data ownership and functional autonomy.
- —Provides a lens for assessing culture before designing change interventions.
Keep in mind
- —Conceptual and academic; not a step-by-step change method.
- —Not PLM-specific; apply the culture lens to your PLM context.