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Re: Tools: Looking for a good book on "corporate culture" (summary)
Subject:Re: Tools: Looking for a good book on "corporate culture" (summary) From:<wongword -at- ozemail -dot- com -dot- au> To:"Geoff Hart" <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>, "CEL" <copyediting-l -at- listserv -dot- indiana -dot- edu>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:01:22 +1100
Thanks so very much for the summary. Very handy reading list
I would also add that it pays to read what is written within an
organisation. Read the internal newsletter(s), what senior officers are
saying, speeches they are giving etc
Like it or not they talk about what they want and what they are planning.
Avoid nasty surprises.
We of all people should be able to read between the lines to understand what
message they are trying to convey. These people like messages. Know their
messages and get some clues about what they're expecting.
They're also setting the corporate culture. They might think they totally
set the culture. They wish. Their influence varies between organisations. We
ignore them at our peril.
Irene Wong
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