Uncommon Sense About Organizations: Cases, Studies, and Field Observations

by Geert Hofstede

Geert Hofstede, author of the classic Culture′s Consequences , brings together 17 articles and case studies in this book. The work is grouped around three main the impact of jobs on people; power and control in organizations; and studies in training settings. Throughout, there is a concern with exploring and uncovering hidden organizational realities, whilst moving across the boundaries of psychology, sociology and anthropology.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published April 8, 1994

About the author

Gerard Hendrik Hofstede is an influential Dutch writer on the interactions between national cultures and organizational cultures, and is an author of several books including Culture's Consequences and Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, co-authored by his son Gert Jan Hofstede. Hofstede's study demonstrated that there are national and regional cultural groupings that affect the behavior of societies and organizations, and that are very persistent across time.

Excerpted from Wikipedia.