Book contents
- Beyond Bad Apples
- Beyond Bad Apples
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Risk Culture Conceptual Underpinnings
- 1 Individual Agency and Collective Patterns of Action
- 2 Risk Culture and Information Culture
- 3 A Network View of Tone at the Top and the Role of Opinion Leaders
- 4 Rethinking Risk Management Cultures in Organisations
- Part II A View of Risk Culture Concepts in Firms and Society
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
1 - Individual Agency and Collective Patterns of Action
Organisational Culture through the Lens of Organisational Theory
from Part I - Risk Culture Conceptual Underpinnings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2020
Book contents
- Beyond Bad Apples
- Beyond Bad Apples
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Risk Culture Conceptual Underpinnings
- 1 Individual Agency and Collective Patterns of Action
- 2 Risk Culture and Information Culture
- 3 A Network View of Tone at the Top and the Role of Opinion Leaders
- 4 Rethinking Risk Management Cultures in Organisations
- Part II A View of Risk Culture Concepts in Firms and Society
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
A focus on the management of risk through culture raises important questions about the nature of organisational culture and the degree to which it can be guided and managed toward certain ends. Organisational culture, often thought of as “the way we do things around here,” is both a highly valued and poorly understood characteristic of organisational life. Mindfully creating and managing culture can guide organisational members in acting in line with valued goals. Yet, scholars caution that steering culture is a difficult and subtle task. In this chapter I explore how organisational theorists treat organisational culture, as both a deep structure that is resilient against change, and as a set of patterned actions that people use in their day to day organisational lives. The latter perspective foregrounds individual agency while the former foregrounds collective characteristics. I explore the implications of each perspective for questions related to risk governance.
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- Beyond Bad ApplesRisk Culture in Business, pp. 21 - 41Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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