[.uk] Organizational Culture: Mapping the Terrain (Foundations ... (ISBN 0803972946)

A great overview of organizational culture:
This book is a most comprehensive, up to date guide for anyone who wants to know more about organizational culture. Written in a clear and informal way, it summarizes, critiques, and extends the last two decades of research on the subject, offering advice for anyone who wants to analyze the culture in their own organization, or in a group of organizations, as well as anyone just interested in the subject. The advice is sophisticated, detailed, practical, and aimed for beginning as well as experienced researchers. Unlike most other U.S. books on the subject, this one draws deeply on European as well as North American scholarship and is appreciative of the difficulties of both qualitative and quantitative methods for studying culture.

A Treasure Map:
This aptly titled book is an excellent guide to research on organizational culture. Martin's three perspective theory highlights and demystifies major controversies in organizational culture scholarship. Of additional interest to doctoral students considering or engaged in qualitative research are well-written sections comparing research methods, writing styles, and commentaries from reviewers. Packed with illustrative examples throughout, the book should become a classic among students of organizational culture and organizational studies more generally. Readers may not agree with all of Martin's views, but can nevertheless expect to deepen their understanding of issues in the field and gain clarity around individual orientations within it.

A complex phenomenon becomes easy to grasp:
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and I also used it - particularly the 3-perspective approach - as a basis for teaching a graduate course on organizational culture. I found that also for the students it was a very accessible and comprehensive volume on a rather complex research field.

Instructive though repetitive:
It is a useful source of info for those who are interested in the theory and perspectives of organizational culture studies. It discusses at large, (sometimes excessively...!), past and current issues and controversies within this field of study. The content is excellent, the repetitive style is cumbersome.