Customer Review: Bought this book for Ph.D. program and have found the book to be a fascinating study on the right methods for any firm to examine when assessing its culture and in realizing the importance of culture within an organization. Schein is one of the foremost authors in this field and this book combines... more info
Customer Review: Edgar H. Schein is Professor of Management Emeritus in the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a real academic heavyweight having written numerous books, articles and papers. In 1969 he published 'Process Consultation: Its Role in Organizational... more info
The scope and depth of coverage of an especially important business subject in this volume are unsurpassed by any other single source of which I am familiar. (There are 952 pages of material provided within 47 entries, followed by References, Name Index, and Subject Index.) I acknowledge that... more info
Customer Review: While this book had an adequate explaination of corporate culture, I found the suggestions of how to manage culture vague and cumbersome. Although I am not returning this book, I can't highly recommend it.
Customer Review: Ed Schein's book gives a very nice and easy to understand intro to Process consultation. It should be read by more consultants out there. I found his formulations simple and easy to understand and easily recognizable. I have sometimes wondered why I do the things I do in a certain matter - now I... more info
Customer Review: Product arrived in perfect condition. Why any professor would have you purchase this for a class is a mystory. I would suggest that you challenge the professor on this one. The product is pretty much a complete waste of time and money.
Customer Review: If you did a global replace of "Packard" for "Olsen" and "H-P" for "DEC" the book would still read because the book isn't about DEC. It's about the authors and they agree that they are all just really clever people. But that's about all they agree on. It doesn't appear that they read each... more info
