Imprint: Cambridge Strategy Publications

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List Price: £55.00
Format: Paperback
Extent: 110pp.
Size: A4
ISBN:  978-0-955970-75-7

Tags: Systems Thinking, Innovation, Business Strategy, Leadership, Organisational Leadership

The Corporate Culture Audit 
by Nigel Bristow and Sarah J Sandberg

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The Corporate Culture Audit


A 5-step approach to evaluating your organisational culture – then harnessing that culture to win competitive advantage

The company culture - 'the way we do things round here' - has a decisive impact on competitiveness and profitability. Changing and harnessing the company culture is also the vital first-step in any improvement programme. But how do you assess objectively something as intangible as company culture?

This audit outlines a 5-Step Culture Assessment and explains:
  • the 4 elements of a company culture:
  • purpose
  • strategic competence
  • trust/equity
  • adaptability
  • the 'hard' and 'soft' data you can gather
  • how to collect, frame and analyse that data
  • how to eliminate bias without using external consultants
  • how to present and use your audit findings.

​There is little doubt that culture strongly affects the functioning of any organisation. But there is still little awareness among managers about how to uncover, evaluate and improve that culture - so that it works to reinforce the corporate strategy.

The most effective way to identify the critical values and assumptions shared in a company is to conduct a culture audit. But, however you use the audit, it will give fascinating insights into the way your company works. Every organisation should undertake it.

Readership

A practical toolkit for HR and other senior executives who want to evaluate the company culture.