Framework

Six steps to culture change

The question it answers

A CEO who wants to change the company's culture after a merger or a change of strategy: which six guidelines should the programme follow, from vision to ethical and legal sensitivity?

Origin
Cummings & Worley, 2009
Diagram type
Process by phase
Level of analysis
Firm
Clay steps with a looping glass arrow, icon for change management

Diagram

Six steps to culture change

  1. Six steps
  2. Formulate a strategic vision
  3. Show top-management commitment
  4. Model the change at the top
  5. Modify the organisation to support change
  6. Select and socialise newcomers, deal with deviants
  7. Keep ethical and legal sensitivity

Sources

References

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  1. Cummings, T.G. and Worley, C.G. (2009) Organization development and change (9th edn). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.No DOIopenlibrary.orgSource page