Managing Change Across Corporate Cultures

Fons Trompenaars is director of Trompenaars-Hampden-Turner (THT), an innovative centre of excellence in intercultural management.  He is the world's foremost authority on cross-cultural management and is author and co-author of several books, including Did the Pedestrian Die?, 21 leaders for the 21st Century and the worldwide bestseller, Riding the Waves of  Culture. Peter Prud'Homme is an expert in business culture.  For nearly fifteen years he was a manager with international responsibilities at Philips, where he was involved in a major corporate culture change programme (Centurion).  Since 1993 he has been a corporate culture consultant to major American, European and Asian companies in 35 countries.  Peter has worked with THT for 6 years and now has his own consultancy, Cross-Cultural Organisations.  Peter has been published extensively on the impact of culture on globalization, leadership and mergers & acquisitions.

• Introduction. Understanding corporate culture.Existing models for understanding and mapping corporate cultures.The reconciling corporate culture: reconciling nine dimensions of corporate culture.Corporate culture: the international perspective.Corporate culture and success... or failure.Creating and changing a corporate culture.Integrating different corporate cultures in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances.Deriving strength from the tension between seemingly opposite values.Conclusion.Bibliography.Index.

“….a stimulating and readable exploration…” (Professional Manager, January 2005)