Administrative Culture--the Concepts

Six senses of the word culture are described as they relate to administrative culture: the arts, knowledge & sophistication, a set of shared beliefs, the community sharing beliefs, shared attitudes, & improvement. In today's world, overlapping & incompatible culture systems, eg, mod...

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Published in:International review of sociology 2002-03, Vol.12 (1), p.61-63
Main Author: Riggs, Fred W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Culture
Organizational Culture
Public Administration
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Summary:Six senses of the word culture are described as they relate to administrative culture: the arts, knowledge & sophistication, a set of shared beliefs, the community sharing beliefs, shared attitudes, & improvement. In today's world, overlapping & incompatible culture systems, eg, modern & traditional, generate prismatic clashes in public administration, leading to formalism. M. Pflum
ISSN:0390-6701
1469-9273
DOI:10.1080/03906700220135327