Edgar Schein

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Edgar H. Schein (born 1928), a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management has had a notable mark on the field of organizational development in many areas, including career development, group process consultation, and organizational culture. He is generally credited with inventing the term corporate culture.

Schein (2004) identifies three distinct levels in organizational cultures; artefacts and behaviours, espoused values and assumptions

[edit] Publications

  • Brainwashing and Totalitarianization in Modern Society (1959)
  • Coercive Persuasion: A socio-psychological analysis of the "brainwashing" of American civilian prisoners by the Chinese Communists (1961), W. W. Norton (publishers)
  • Organizational Psychology (1980) ISBN 0-13-641332-3
  • Organizational Culture and Leadership (1985) ISBN 1-55542-487-2

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