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Assessing Organizational Culture: Strategies for the External Consultant
Author(s) -
Hughes Linda
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6198.1990.tb00833.x
Subject(s) - organizational culture , business , knowledge management , psychology , nursing , computer science , public relations , medicine , political science
Healthcare organizations, in attempting to resolve problems or implement new programs, may request the assistance of nurse consultants. A central skill in meeting such requests is the appraisal of organizational culture, including structural and historical characteristics and the material, behavioral, and verbal symbols of the institution. Competent attention to culture can maximize the potential for successful consultant outcomes.