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The role of middle managers in the transmission and integration of organizational culture.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15603115     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
When organizations merge, the role of the middle manager as an agent of change is to make sense of, unite, and transmit the organization's culture. This process is complicated because the manager must get deep inside a new organization's culture and come to know its needs processes, and people in a relatively short period of time to weld them all together into a smoothly functioning entity. Schein (1999) proposes eight essential steps that the manager must accomplish if cultural change is to occur. Bennis's (1989) four competencies of leadership is a framework to categorize and record actions that create a milieu of clear-cut goals, values, and basic assumptions for the organization's employees. Combining these two theoretical models illustrates how middle managers are able to create a "pull" style of influence (Kotler 2000) to attract and energize people to enroll in the new organization's vision of the future.
Authors:
Caterina Lucia Valentino
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of healthcare management / American College of Healthcare Executives     Volume:  49     ISSN:  1096-9012     ISO Abbreviation:  J Healthc Manag     Publication Date:    2004 Nov-Dec
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-12-17     Completed Date:  2005-02-18     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9803529     Medline TA:  J Healthc Manag     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  393-404; discussion 404     Citation Subset:  H    
Affiliation:
School of Health Services Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. cvalenti@ryerson.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Administrative Personnel / psychology*,  standards
Cooperative Behavior
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Leadership
Models, Organizational
Organizational Culture*
Organizational Innovation*
Personnel Loyalty
Personnel Management / methods,  standards*
Professional Competence*
Professional Role*
Trust

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