1st Edition

Management and Organization in Germany

By Thomas Armbrüster Copyright 2005
205 Pages
by Routledge

205 Pages
by Routledge

205 Pages
by Routledge

This highly original and carefully researched work outlines the relationship between national and organizational culture, empirically investigates forms of organizational culture in Germany, and considers how economic performance and innovation are consequently affected. It charts the historical and intellectual origins of German national culture and presents a cultural account of the country's... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Theoretical perspectives: national culture, organizational cultures, and the liberalism approach; German national culture: Historical and intellectual roots; National culture and the economic sphere; Corporate cultures in Germany; Liberalism in firms as a managerial and political dilemma; Culture, performance and reforms in Germany; Conclusion: modernizing Germany; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Thomas Armbrüster  is Assistant Professor at Mannheim Business School in the University of Mannheim, Germany.