Coming to a New Awareness of Organizational Culture

Schein · Origins · Sloan Management Review · 1984 · Open access

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The paper that introduced Schein's three-level model of organisational culture: artefacts (visible structures and processes), espoused values (strategies and goals), and basic underlying assumptions (unconscious, taken-for-granted beliefs). Argues that culture cannot be changed by addressing artefacts or espoused values alone — the underlying assumptions that shape perception and behaviour must be surfaced and examined. Foundational for understanding why PS interventions that don't address basic assumptions often fail.

Schein, E.H. (1984) 'Coming to a new awareness of organizational culture', Sloan Management Review, 25(2), pp. 3–16.

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