MANAGING CORPORATE CULTURE
Because an organization’s culture can exert a powerful influence on the behavior of all employees, it can strongly affect a company’s ability to shift its strategic direction. A problem for
a strong culture is that a change in mission, objectives, strategies, or policies is not likely to be
successful if it is in opposition to the accepted culture of the company. Corporate culture has
a strong tendency to resist change because its very reason for existence often rests on preserving stable relationships and patterns of behavior. For example, when Robert Nardelli became