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Management and Culture in an Enlarged European Commission

From Diversity to Unity?

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  1. Carolyn Ban

    1. Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics (PSEUP)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Carolyn Ban
    Pages 1-26

  3. The Forces Shaping Organizational Culture: The Status Quo Ante

    • Carolyn Ban
    Pages 27-50

  4. The European Commission and the Process of Enlargement

    • Carolyn Ban
    Pages 51-68

  5. The Kinnock Reforms: Preparing for Enlargement, Changing Culture?

    • Carolyn Ban
    Pages 69-97

  6. The Outsiders Come In: Self-Selection, Selection, and Socialization of Entry-Level Staff

    • Carolyn Ban
    Pages 98-124

  7. Fitting In or Standing Out? The Arrival of Managers from the New Member States

    • Carolyn Ban
    Pages 125-154

  8. Nationality and Region: Why They Matter Less than Expected

    • Carolyn Ban
    Pages 155-175

  9. Gender: Why It Matters More than Expected

    • Carolyn Ban
    Pages 176-201

  10. Language, Culture, and Management: The Impact of Enlargement on Language Use in the Commission

    • Carolyn Ban
    Pages 202-224

  11. Conclusions

    • Carolyn Ban
    Pages 225-248

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 249-273
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About this book

This book explores how the European Commission faced the challenge of enlargement. Based on extensive interviews, the work provides a lively and readable picture of life within the Commission, exploring how thousands of newcomers were recruited and socialized and how they changed the organization, including its gender balance.

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"This work represents an important contribution in several...In line with Abélès and Bellier´s study of the culture of compromise at the Commission, this book offers a description of this institution drawing on political anthropology, which fills a gap in recent studies. Management and Culture in an Enlarged European Commission is based on impressive efforts at data collection: over six years, from 2006 to 2012, Carolyn Ban conducted about 140 semi-structured interviews with EU officials in Brussels and 91 semi-structured interviews with managers inside the governments of six new member states... The fact that she conducted the interviews by herself contributes appreciably to the quality of the collected information."

Stéphanie Novak of the Hertie School of Governance, Germany.

Read the full review at The Council for European Studies website at the following link: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/critcom/management-and-culture-in-an-enlarged-european-commission-from-diversity-to-unity/

Authors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA

    Carolyn Ban

About the author

Carolyn Ban is Professor and former dean of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. She has worked as a manager in the public and private sector and as Professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her works include How Do Public Managers Manage? Bureaucratic Constraints, Organizational Culture, and the Potential for Reform.

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