Inside the Compassionate Organization: Culture, Identity, and Image in an English Hospice

by Alan Baron, John Hassard, Fiona Cheetham

Book Overview

The literature on management and organization studies suggests the time is right for a focus on 'care and compassion'. The aim of this book is to answer this call by examining the cultural changes found within a particular 'compassionate organization' - an English hospice - from its altruistic beginnings to the more professionalized culture of today.

The study seeks to understand how its members identify or fail to identify with an organization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198813953
• ISBN13: 9780198813958
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"