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Determinants of Organization Culture
ESPOO 2002

VTT RESEARCH NOTES 2140

Group forms s Set

Defines

Core task

Influences

Field

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Criteria for survival in

Culture
Definition of current culture:
- values - practices - artefacts - def. of core task The current definition of Validity of current assumptions

Environment
Model of core task:
- critical content of the work - critical demands of work

Teemu Reiman & Pia Oedewald

The assessment of organisational culture
A methodological study

VTT TIEDOTTEITA – RESEARCH NOTES 2140

The assessment of organisational culture
A methodological study
Teemu Reiman & Pia Oedewald
VTT Industrial Systems

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Technical editing Marja Kettunen

Otamedia Oy, Espoo 2002

Reiman, Teemu & Oedewald, Pia. The assessment of organisational culture. A methodological study. Espoo 2002. VTT Tiedotteita – Research Notes 2140. 39 p. Keywords organisational culture, safety culture, cultural assessment, nuclear power industry, organisational research

Abstract
This report examines the assessment and development of organisational culture in complex



References: 34 HSE, (1997)

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