Business A-Level
power culture
What power culture means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of power culture
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Reference: AQA
A web around one dominant founder, quick but fragile once the firm outgrows that person.
Topics that use power culture
- 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
- Handy's four cultures
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