Resources
^{Culture Change}

Title	Type	Author	Resource Type	Year	Size
Organizational Culture: Can it be a Key Lever for Driving Organizational Change? This chapter conceptualizes organizational culture in a way that is useful for managers who are trying to create leverage during the change process.	.pdf	Daniel R. Denison	Publication	2000	7.22 MB
Sutter Connect: Cultivating Culture at the Start Many organizations turn to Denison Consulting when they recognize a problem. Sutter Connect stands out because they set out to cultivate and manage culture as a critical aspect of managing their business early on in the company’s life.	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2009	1.24 MB
Making a Culture Connection: United Way of Washtenaw County Not only was United Way taking a hard hit from the economy, they were also experiencing organizational issues. To right their path, president Sandra Rupp, utilized the Denison Culture Survey as part of their strategic plan to increase effectiveness.	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2008	603.52 KB
Henkel: Turning Results Into Action: Action Planning at Henkel How can attitude, conduct and actions be molded into a coherent, performance-enhancing corporate culture that delivers success to shareholders, stakeholders and customers?	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2007	753.62 KB
Tsingtao: Culture Transformation in China's Oldest Beer Company Tsingtao Beer, China’s largest exporters of beer, recently had to move from a “larger then stronger” growth mentality to “a stronger then larger” strategy. How did they do it?	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2009	621.29 KB
Culture & Leadership Development: Aligning Strategy & People Using the Denison Leadership Development Survey and Organizational Culture Survey, this manufacturer was able to tie a successful development into their annual goal setting processes.	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2009	430.96 KB
Hitachi: Communication Conquers Rumor Mill Hitachi Computer Products’ production facility was having problems with an employee rumor mill. Hitachi leaders developed a culture improvement plan which had as a main objective to replace the rumor mill with an effective communication program.	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2006	788.20 KB
Top-Down & Bottom-Up: Leadership & Culture Transformation at SERS School Employees Retirement System of Ohio manages more than $9 Billion in assets for their members. See how they transformed their organization by balancing top-down and bottom-up management.	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2009	1.36 MB
Change Over Time: New Hampshire Electric Cooperative This case study reports New Hampshire Electric Cooperative’s efforts to survive in the future, by focusing their attention on defining strategy and culture.	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2008	914.89 KB
JetBlue Airways & Organizational Development: Partners for Change The Systems Operations Center (SOC) is the heart of JetBlue and in order for the airline to keep its competitive edge in the ever-changing market, it was time for the Organizational Development team and the SOC to team up.	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2007	849.39 KB
NASA: Shifting Gears (and Culture) in Space Amidst everything going on in the Universe currently, why is culture top of mind at NASA?	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2009	276.46 KB
Using Culture to Recruit Top Talent: HealthPlus of Michigan HealthPlus wanted to focus on their culture and needed a model that balanced the numbers-side of the organization as well as the “softer” side. They discovered the Denison model which provided a measure of the soft stuff in a quantifiable manner.	.pdf	Denison Consulting	Denison Case Study	2008	1.95 MB
Domino's Pizza: "Change is Good" David Brandon began as CEO of Domino’s in 1999. Read about the steps he took to change the culture.	.pdf	Daniel R. Denison & Colleen Lief	Publication	2008	425.98 KB
GE Healthcare Life Support Solutions (A): Entering a New Growth Market GE Healthcare in China acquires a value segment anesthesia machine provider to round out their market product portfolio.	.pdf	IMD	Publication	2009	43.16 KB
Shift Organizational Culture to Improve Organizational Performance What is it needed to steer an organization in new directions? This article discusses the process that the non-profit, Family Health Council of Pennsylvania, went through to improve their culture by using the Denison Culture Survey.	.pdf	Bryan Adkins & Cindy Stewart	Business Article	2004	315.00 KB
GE Healthcare Life Support Solutions (C): Positioning for Quality and Growth The organization continues to work toward integration and streamlines engineering and quality efforts, adopting the GE values.	.pdf	IMD	Publication	2009	24.49 KB
Defense Logistics Agency Officials Pleased with Denison Culture Survey Results Article in the Columbus Federal Voice describes the culture change inititiatives at the Defense Supply Center Columbus.	.pdf	Debra Perry	News Article	2009	4.04 MB
An Action Learning Approach to Changing Organizational Culture This chapter presents two case studies on successful culture change that were heavily influenced by an action learning perspective.	.pdf	Daniel R. Denison & Bryan Adkins	Publication	2005	1.28 MB
Pathways to Performance: Moving Your Denison Culture Data from Diagnosis to Action Provides ideas and possible solutions for change which have worked effectively in companies of all sizes, sectors and industries.	.pdf	Caroline Fisher	Denison White/Working Paper	n.d.	967.17 KB
Managing Corporate Culture at Henkel This case study presents a detailed account of Henkel's recent efforts at building their corporate culture and aligning their most valuable resource — their people — with the principles and objectives of the corporation.	.pdf	Daniel R. Denison & Rolf Schlue	Publication	2007	1.01 MB

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