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Preparing for the 21st Century; Rethinking Management Assumptions
Technical Paper
1999-01-5647
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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While the world has changed immeasurably, corporate cultures formed in the World War II build-up are intact and operative in aerospace and defense companies today. These cultures have proven impervious to decades of top-down change efforts. Surfacing and rethinking assumptions is recommended as an approach to breaking the change impasse. A three-level model of culture is presented in which assumptions are the foundation component of corporate culture. In order for cultural change to proceed, organizations must use a combination of outsider questions and insider knowledge to surface and inspect these assumptions.
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Hanna, E., "Preparing for the 21st Century; Rethinking Management Assumptions," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-5647, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-5647.Also In
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