The literature on management and organization studies suggests the time is right for a focus on 'care and compassion'. The aim of this book is to answer this call by examining the cultural changes found within a particular 'compassionate organization' - an English hospice - from its altruistic beginnings to the more professionalized culture of today. The study seeks to understand how its members identify or fail to identify with an organization where issues of life and death take centre stage and explores some of the problems the hospice faces regarding its representation in society. These strands are then drawn together to consider the interrelationships between culture, identity, and image in the organization. An ethnographic approach, including participant observation, extended interviews, and group meetings, was used to study this organization over a period of almost two years. This enabled the production of a nuanced, sensitive, and holistic interpretation of the case study hospice as inferred from the views of both insiders and outsiders. The findings shed new light on the literature in management studies by proposing a view of culture as a sense-making context that facilitates group socialization underpinning a sense of personal and organizational identity. The study suggests a link between culture and group identification, making discussions about culture almost inseparable from those around identity. With regard to identity and image however the study suggests a dynamic and iterative relationship with a continuous flow between interpretation and reinterpretation influenced by the all-pervading cultural context.

Inside the Compassionate Organization: Culture, Identity, and Image in an English Hospice

Business & Money

Hassard, John

Baron, Alan

Cheetham, Fiona

Sharifi, Sudi

Management & Leadership

Oxford University Press

In a fun-filled mystery, preschoolers try to determine whether it is actually Red Fox hiding behind the bushes or Dan Dog and Tabby Cat wearing Red Fox's clothes in an attempt to scare their friends.

The red fox monster

Children's Books

scholastic

Little Pig"s Bouncy Ball

Literature & Fiction

CANDLEWICK PRESS +

Red Fox Dances

WALKER BOOKS LTD.

Dan Dog and Tabby Cat dress up as Red Fox to scare their animal friends

The Red Fox Monster

Candlewick

Red Fox and the Baby Bunnies

Animals

Oh, boo-hoo! Why, oh why, did Dan Dog run away with Little Pig's ball? Full color.

Little Pig's Bouncy Ball (Giggle Club)

Little Pig and her animal friends are in the forest dancing to the music of Dan Dog and his fiddle, when an unexpected, hungry visitor decides to join in

Red Fox Dances (Giggle Club (in pbk))

The Red Fox Monster (Giggle Club)

The baby bunnies are out playing together, until hungry Red Fox comes along looking for dinner, but luckily for the bunnies, Dan Dog and Tabby Cat are near enough to save the day

Red Fox and the Baby Bunnies (Giggle Club (in pbk))

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Baron, Alan. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Baron, Alan