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Flexible Firm: The Design of Culture at Bang & Olufsen
Jakob Krause-Jensen
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Description for Flexible Firm: The Design of Culture at Bang & Olufsen
Paperback. This study investigates how company values are communicated and the collective identity is articulated through the use of such concepts as 'culture', 'fundamental values', and 'corporate religion', as well as how employees negotiate these ideas in their daily working lives. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DND; JHMC; KJU; KNDH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Bang & Olufsen, the famous Danish producer of high-end home electronics, is well known as an early exponent of value-based management: the idea that there should be consistency in what the organisation does, a certain continuity between what the company develops and sells, and the beliefs and practices of the employees. This study investigates how company values are communicated and the collective identity is articulated through the use of such concepts as 'culture', 'fundamental values', and 'corporate religion', as well as how employees negotiate these ideas in their daily working lives. As this book reveals, the identification of values, meant ... Read more
Bang & Olufsen, the famous Danish producer of high-end home electronics, is well known as an early exponent of value-based management: the idea that there should be consistency in what the organisation does, a certain continuity between what the company develops and sells, and the beliefs and practices of the employees. This study investigates how company values are communicated and the collective identity is articulated through the use of such concepts as 'culture', 'fundamental values', and 'corporate religion', as well as how employees negotiate these ideas in their daily working lives. As this book reveals, the identification of values, meant ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782380313
SKU
V9781782380313
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Ref
99-15
About Jakob Krause-Jensen
Jakob Krause-Jensen is an anthropologist and Associate Professor at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University. His research focuses on the way ethnographic methods and anthropological theory can be used to understand organizations and the life within them in critical and creative ways.
Reviews for Flexible Firm: The Design of Culture at Bang & Olufsen
We have here a very interesting ethnographical field study of a Danish high-tech firm - Peppered with anthropology, ethnography and organisational studies theory, as well as sociology, cultural studies and elements of other fields, this book offers a rich theoretical background for any organisational analysis - Although it includes a large amount of theory, this book can almost be read ... Read more