ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CHANGE

University of Bolton interviews culture and change author

Read this new interview to learn more about culture and change business author Gabrielle O'Donovan and hear her insights into the short-term bonus cuture of the banking industry:  http://www.bolton.ac.uk/AlumniAndFriends/NewsAndEvents/Origins3.pdf

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Universities adopt "The Corporate Culture Handbook"

"The Corporate Culture Handbook" is stocked in the leading academic libraries of HARVARD University, PRINCETON University, IVEY SCHOOL of BUSINESS, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN and INSEAD; also, adopted by a number of international universities as their official students' coursebook (e.g.the Hong Kong Poly University, China, the University of Hawaii, USA and the University of Milan, Italy).

Revised Edition OUT NOW! (click on link to the right)

Hong Kong Breakfast Briefing

"Transforming Corporate Culture for Business Results", 25th Jan 2008, 08:30 - 10:30, HRIHRM, Suite 1503, 68 Yee Wo St, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.  Sponsored by HKIHRM and ASTD Global Networks Hong Kong.  To register visit www.hkihrm.org/sharings/46689.8888349533reply_slip_IHRM_MEM.doc 

70 HR/OD Directors and Heads of HR/OD from major companies registered. Sorry, no more bookings accepted due to space limitations.

MAIN MODELS AND THEORIES

For a summary of my main models and theories ON CULTURE, ON CHANGE, ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE and ON CSR, click on www.gabrielle083.vox.com

MY LINKS

PROSCI CHANGE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE - For the ultimate online change management resource, go to www.change-management.com for benchmarking, tutorials, books, articles and training.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

`Corporate Culture Redefined for the 21st Century' , The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture & Change, Vol 6, 2006.

http://ijm.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.28/prod554

Read `Corporate Culture & White Collar Crime' at http://first.emeraldinsight.com/promo/collar.htm

For softcopies of other articles, including `A Board Culture of Corporate Governance' (Corporate Governance International Journal, Vol 6, Issue 3, 2003) visit http://goliath.ecnext.com and search for author under `Business News'.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES

1. Moscow Business School, Executive Summary of The Corporate Culture Handbook in Russian.  For a copy click on the following:

www.mbs-journal.ru/journal/sum_pdf/The_Corporate_Culture_Handbook_translation1190617699.pdf

2. BusinessSummaries USA Executive Summary of The Corporate Culture Handbook is now available in formats MP3, PDA, PDF, PPT and HTML.  For your own copy visit www.bizsum.com. 

3. To read the BusinessBookReview USA's Executive Summary of The Corporate Culture Handbook visit www.businessbookreview.com

4. Bookjive's Executive Summary of The Corporate Culture Handbook www.bookjive.com/wiki/The_Corporate_Culture_Handbook

INTERVIEWS & FEATURES

NEW!! April 2009: University of Bolton UK, Origins magazine interviews Gabrielle for her views on the banking industry's short term bonus culture and other topics.  http://www.bolton.ac.uk/AlumniAndFriends/NewsAndEvents/Origins3.pdf

Read Sept 2008 edition of Dubai's business Pioneer Magazinefor an interview of Gabrielle O'Donovan.  The topics under discussion are organizational culture and corporate governance and the interview is in Arabic.

TippFM Radio Ireland, Gabrielle was guest on The Arts Show 7pm - 8pm with Denis O'Sullivan, 5th June, 2007.

The Tipperary Star newspaper, front page and page 5, 19th April 2007 - "`Corporate Culture Handbook' by Business Author Gabrielle Earns Recognition in the Far East". 

RTHK Radio 3, guest on the Morning Brew Show with Phil Wheelan, 26th March, 2007.  To listen, go to http://radio3.rthk.org.hk, choose 'radio 3 programme archive, then choose 'Morning Brew' show from list. (Once in, and to go to beginning of the interview, tab back to the beginning and then forward to where the clock reads 13:20).

Emerald ManagementFirst Guru Interviews Oct 2006: For a complimentary copy of Alistair Craven's interview of Gabrielle O'Donovan click on the link below:

http://first.emeraldinsight.com/promo/odonovan.htm

In Jan - May 2007 this interview was consistently ranked in Emerald ManagementFirst readers' `Top 5 Guru's Interviews'.  Check out the latest stats at http://first.emeraldinsight.com

BOOK REVIEWS

The Leadership and Organizational Development Journal, Judy Bullock PhD, (University of Atlanta Georgia, USA), Vol 28, Issue 7, Oct 2007 - Excerpt

O'Donovan's approach makes the reader comfortable that they, too, can successfully navigate the challenges that lie ahead.  Striking a healthy balance between technique and best practices, "The Corporate Culture Handbook" is a valuable guide to success...

The "Corporate Culture Handbook" is recommended for anyone interested in change management, organizational culture, organizational learning, programme management and organization transformation initiatives (e.g. globalization, mergers & acquisitions, globalization, restructuring etc).  Readers will appreciate its easy-to-understand format that is supplanted with representative checklists, charts, tools and observations from the author's experience in addition to valuable supporting materials contained in the appendices, making the book equally suitable for the boardroom and classroom.

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The Journal of the Labour Relations Commission, Issue 1, Newsletter No. 7, March 2007 - Excerpt

The book provides a useful introduction to the wider writings on the power of culture in organizational change.  Early on, O'Donovan maps the big picture; the major challenge facing corporations is keeping the internal environment apace with the external environment to meet market challenges.  In addition she notes that many organizations are moving away from piecemeal change programmes which target inert structures alone, such as policies, technology etc. and managing organization-wide programmes which centre on the human landscape.  Chapter 11 entitled 'Manage the Human Landscape' provides some interesting insights on how change impacts organisations and more specifically how it is received.  She also warns against what she called 'career politicians' may well be drafted in to act as "antibodies and undermine change initiatives".  In the end, O'Donovan believes that the bulk of staff will find ways of accepting change if given the right encouragement.  In this context, a broad metaphor to understand the change going on within the organization is important.

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First Train BOOK REVIEW Vol 2, Issue 1: February 2007 - Excerpt

A significant contribution to the portfolio of skills available to HR practitioners in organisations of all sizes.

Pleasingly for practitioners, only the first third of O'Donovan's book explores the theory behind culture change. The rest of the book lives up to her sub title 'How to Plan, Implement and Measure a Successful Culture Change Programme'.

The tome is avowedly a handbook, rather than an extensive or elaborate academic analysis. O'Donovan takes us from the drawing board to creating the vision to designing a programme for change, using a stepped series of incisive tasks, chunked down into usable units that could have a significant impact on managing change.

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LONG RANGE PLANNING

The International Journal of Strategic Planning Vol 39, No 6, December 2006 - Excerpt

Emphasises the importance of building organizational credibility and reputation on a history of ethical conduct.  Based on the author's extensive practical experience.

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KNOWLEDGE IRELAND Issue 20: September 2006

Bi-monthly strategic change publication

EDITORIAL

"It's a truism that we learn more from mistakes than from our successes.  It took some pretty spectacular - and high profile - foul-ups to bring the issue of corporate culture to many people's minds.  Not surprisingly much of the coverage has looked negatively on those cultures and rightly so, but it's tempting and easy to make the general assumption that the larger the organization, the more likely it is to be up to no good at some level.  However, in these pages (p. 20 - 25) Gabrielle O'Donovan makes the case for fostering a positive corporate culture.  The article published here is an edited extract from her excellent book which looks at the wider issues involved in starting and seeing through a successful culture change programme.  The book also includes first-hand experience of a change management programme at HSBC in Hong Kong and is well worth a further read"

Gordon Smith - Editor

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AUGUST 2006

"The Corporate Culture Handbook is in the top 1% of best business books for 2006" . 

                John Fayed - CEO, Business Book Review, USA

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Listed in "The 100 Most Popular Business Books" by Bookjive, USA.  Check out http://www.bookjive.com/wiki/100_MOST_POPULAR_BUSINESS_BOOKS

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