Leading Cultural Change

Introduction

Part 1 Leading cultural change. Theoretical perspectives

01 Cultural change management
Introduction
Change management defined
First- and second-order change
The cultural paradigm
The social construction of the change problem
Change management as a social process pioneered by Kurt Lewin
Conclusion

02 Organization development
Introduction
The unitarist perspective and the rise of Taylorism
The iron grip of scientific management and bureaucracy
The pluralist perspective
What do we mean by organization development?
Conclusion

03 Cultural change literature
Introduction
Origins
Fashions, fads and the honest grapplers
The academic, the manager and the consultant
The third way
Conclusion

04 A theory of culture
Introduction
Defining culture
Culture as a sense-making device
Building a model of culture
Cultural themes
Expressions of culture
Diagnosing cultural themes in use
Cultural hegemony
The cultural paradigm
Conclusion

05 Cultural management as a form of control
Introduction
Cultural management as a control mechanism
Exploring cultural hegemony
Identity work
Power
Changing culture is a power struggle
Conclusion

06 Leadership as a cultural variable
Introduction
It all started with Peter Drucker
Identity work again
The leadership paradox
What they do
Who serves whom?
Conclusion

07 Leadership and the management of meaning
Introduction
It's all in the interpretation
Leaders manage conflict
Leaders build commitment
Leadership is a political process
A model of leadership
Characteristics of a transformational leader
Conclusion

08 Language as a cultural process
Introduction
Language and cultural change
Language and discourse routes in management settings
The language game and cultural change work
Linguistic hegemony
Dialogue and cultural change
How to

Professor James McCalman is Director of the Centre for Strategy and Leadership at Portsmouth Business School. He has executive and leadership experience in the private, non-profit, and higher education sectors and is the co-author of Change Management: A Guide to Effective Implementation (SAGE Publications). Dr. David Potter is the founder of The Cultural Change Company, which specializes in enabling cultural change interventions. He delivers numerous change management seminars to change leaders in organizations and designs cultural change programs, and he frequently teaches and presents to students on MBA and Executive courses. An expert on cultural change, he frequently blogs on his website: http://www.culturalchange.co.uk/