ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Organizational Culture and Leadership, 3rd Edition

ASSESSING CULTURAL DIMENSIONS 363important for the outsider/researcher to be able to describe the culturein more detailed terms, then additional observations, participantobservation, and more group assessments can be made until acomplete picture emerges. In terms of implications for leadership, Iwould argue that in most situations in which leaders need to managesome element of their culture, this internal deciphering processis sufficient and the approach is likely to be useful.