Martin Parker is a Professor of Culture and Organization at the School of Management, Leicester University
Introduction
PART ONE: HISTORIES AND THEORIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Managers in Search of Culture
A Forgotten History of `Culture'
Academics in Search of Culture
Culture, Language and Representation
PART TWO: THREE STORIES
Northern District Health Authority
Vulcan Industries Ltd
The Moortown Permanent Building Society
PART THREE: CULTURES AND IDENTIFICATIONS
Three Organizations
Together and Apart
Culture, Theory and Politics
Organizational Culture and Identity discusses the literature concerned with culture in organizations and explains why the term has been invoked with such enthusiasm. Martin Parker presents further ways of thinking about organizations and culture which suggest that organizational cultures should be seen as `fragmented unities' in which members identify themselves as collective at some times and divided at others.