Business A-Level
Handy's four cultures
What Handy's four cultures means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Handy's four cultures
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Reference: AQA
A way of sorting organisational culture four ways: power, role, task and person.
Topics that use Handy's four cultures
- Managing organisational culture (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- founder values
- labour turnover
- Lewin's three stages
- national culture
- ownership and time horizon
- resistance to change
- reward systems
- person culture
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