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by Design By Clive Shearer |
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October 15, 2008
Management By Design: Five workplace cultures
By CLIVE SHEARER
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Step into an office anywhere in the world and you will encounter different workplace cultures. There are five types of workplace cultures: The Dictatorship, The Hierarchy, The Partnership, Empowerment and Chaos.
The Dictatorship: Some bosses are part-time dictators, quiet, benign and accommodating—until a button is pressed, and then watch out! A storm blows in out of nowhere and the tempestuous dictator emerges. Other part-time dictators don't blow up. They are simply moody, so you never know where you are with them. The full-time dictator gives the advantage that you are never blind-sided. This dictator rules, and there is no question about it.
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