Title: Interesting Research About Corporate Culture
Product review: Dr. Enz presents an interesting hypothesis in her seminal work: Organizational departments that receive the most power also have the most congruence with the values of organizational executives. She tests her thesis by studying two organizations -- a restaurant chain and a manufacturer. She finds some significant statistical support for her hypothesis. She also presents some interesting qualitative information about how the corporate culture of a radical, entrepreneurial t-shirt marketer evolved as the company grew from its original off-beat founders to a large company. The primary downside of her study is that she uses some very restrictive definitions of her constructs, stripping some of the meaning from her conclusions. Dr. Enz did this research while a doctoral student at Ohio State University. She is now a Professor at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
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