lebendiges Management für dynamische Organisationen
When values come top down from the management the often ends up as a poster in the kitchen.
Values expressing culture and culture is the sum of of everybody attitudes and actions. Values first of all reflect current culture and behavior – by this values are more results of team surveys then a management instrument. And yes you can use values to color a vision of behavior you want to see. Then make sure you answer a few question:
Culture is the sum of peoples behavior. In an an dynamic environment we want to facilitate a adaptive behavior – a certain culture of thinking and acting – by describing it through certain values.
Values are nice but also needed to be specified via principles. „Openness“ is a nice value but what dose it means for daily work. So principles specify values to make it clear and practical.
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