Comparing Morgan (Culture) with Terry (Conserving Values)

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Comparing Morgan (Culture) with Terry (Conserving
Values)

• Morgan (generic mngt.)
• (idea of) a socially constructed reality
• Leaders ability to create or change reality
• Transformation of mindsets, values, shared norms
• Culture as enactment of a shared reality

• Terry (high-level public mngt)
• Leadership not all-powerful heroic
• Focus on maintenance of somewhat precarious
  values
• A shared responsibility
• The centrality and importance of executive cadre
  in conserving values
• Elitism???

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Terry centrality/importance of executive cadre

• Cadre unity essentialno dissension/conflict (as
  opposed to conflict among rest of org.)
• Need to counteract cadre loss of
  faith/disinvestment of values
• e.g that arising in cutback situations
• Maintain cadre trust
• Spend political capital
• Back cadre members in tough times

• How would Terrys advice look from those on the
  outside?
• Media?
• Elected officials?
• Citizens groups?
• Public employee unions?
• Average citizens?
• Others??

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Using Culture metaphor (amplified by Terry) in
Diagnosing Situations

• Identify real values pursued or maintained how
  have they emerged/changed over time?
• What factors/events/forces threaten these
  precarious values? How?
• Can the exec. cadre be identified? Is the nature
  of its composition relevant to the situation? Is
  there conflict or lack of faith within the
  cadre?
• Are the values conserved at odds with
• External demands/expectations?
• Rank and file organization?
• Particular subgroups/coalitions with the
  organization?
• These are only a few possible questions others???