Polar Bank: Truly one culture?
This is a case about culture change in a European bank. It highlights how its new CEO used organizational culture survey results to focus the organization on changing its systems and structures to support its new mission and values.
To illustrate the importance of addressing an organization’s systems and structures when implementing culture change.
2004-2005
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