Preface

Culture is a driver of decisions, actions, and ultimately the overall performance of the organization; determining how employees describe where they work, how they understand the business, and how they see themselves as part of the organization. Within this context, values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors constitute an organization's culture and employees share and use them on a daily basis in their work. This book aims to briefly portray a new interpretation of organizational culture varying from the profusion of literature in the following ways.

It first attempts to include how cultures are created organically or through consistent planning and action in different organizations such as education, business, and health; focusing more on change and learning opportunities. It also aims to provide leaders of different organizations with experiences and reflections on how to initiate an organizational culture change as it is not an easy task. Finally, this book is expected to extend new perspectives and practices for both potential and actual managers of organizations contributing to the current debate on how to transform organizations into innovative and learning cultures.

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Learning Culture as the Enabler of Business Transformation

Effects of Information Technologies on Organizational Culture: A Discussion Based on the Key Role of Organizational Structure

*by Nopriadi Saputra and Ismiriati Nasip*

*by Eser Erdurmazlı*

**Süleyman Davut Göker** Faculty of Education, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey

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Section 1

Dimensions of Culture in

Different Organizations

## Section 1
