Organizational change is still an issue of high importance for organizations, yet many change initiatives fail. These failures are often attributed to a lack of consideration of existing organizational culture. This book explores ways to undertake cultural change within a shorter time span without losing sight of complexity and sustainability.

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Martina Nieswandt is a co-founder and managing director of Denkwerkstatt for Managers. Nieswandt is a business consultant and coach, and she lectures in a project management master's program. Her work focuses on supporting cultural change processes in organisations; middle-management roles and tasks; quantitative and qualitative management and employee surveys; team development, management training and time management.

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Book Title: Fast Cultural Change
Book Subtitle: The Role and Influence of Middle Management
Authors: Martina Nieswandt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137515506
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-51549-0Published: 29 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-51550-6Published: 16 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 256
Topics: Management, Organization, Business Strategy/Leadership, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, Human Resource Management, Office Management

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction: Research Background

Changing Organisational Culture: A Review of the Literature

Methodology and Overall Research Design

Consultancy and Research at German Real Estate

The Research Cycles — Collecting and Analysing Data

Findings

Overall Conclusion and Recommendations

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