Research Trompenaars

Trompenaars starts from two axes, egalitarian versus hierarchical and person versus task oriented cultures. Please note that these two axes are not the same as the ones used by Harrison, Quinn and Rohrbach, reinforcing the idea that the identification and selection of axes need further attention; even whether this is an appropriate method.

If you accept these two axes, Trompenaars’ organisational culture theory is quite complete in showing consequences. While De Caluwé uses culture for change management (means to an end), Trompenaars shows the consequences of culture as such.

In the stack on the left you see these consequences of organisational culture

▽ overview of organisational

cultures

▽ typology as such

▽ typology with a short description

▽ horizontal comparison between

types of culture

▽ vertical comparison between

types of culture

▽ culture and management style

▽ culture and type of power

▽ source of cohesion

▽ culture and principle of control

▽ the key concept for each type of

culture

▽ the concept of excellence of each

type of culture

▽ the relationship between

Trompenaars’ theories on national

and organisational cultural

differences