Balanced Organizational Values: From Theory to Practice

Theories of organization and management have offered several concepts and models which indicate that organizational values are an important factor for running organizations successfully. A still unexplained question concerns the creation of balanced organizational values, which can support the achie...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Malbašić, Ivan, Rey, Carlos, Potočan, Vojko
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2015
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.12328/5218
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/5218
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2238-0
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Balanced values
Fortune 100 companies
Management by missions
Organizational value models
Organizational values
Valores equilibrados
Empresas de la lista Fortune 100
Gestión por misiones
Modelos de valores organizativos
Valores organizativos
Valors equilibrats
Empreses Fortune 100
Gestió basada en la missió
Models de valors organitzatius
Valors organitzatives
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Resumo:Theories of organization and management have offered several concepts and models which indicate that organizational values are an important factor for running organizations successfully. A still unexplained question concerns the creation of balanced organizational values, which can support the achievement of several different and even conflicting goals of modern organizations. To explore balanced organizational values in contemporary business practice, we tested different models of organizational values on a sample of Fortune 100 companies. Research results demonstrate that none of the proportions/ratios of balance proposed by the main models of organizational values from existing literature possesses/presents the ideal balance that is currently pursued in the business field. As a conclusion, a new model of balanced organizational values is proposed.