Organizational Identity in Practice

Lerpold, Lin; Ravasi, Davide; van Rekom, Johan; Soenen, Guillaume

Exploring empirical studies and cases of organizational identity, this key book gives scholars, students and managers valuable ideas on how to deal with organizational identity challenges within firms.

Introduction to Organizational Identity in Practice Section 1: Introduction to Section: Identity, Strategy, and the Environment 1. Scania's Bonneted Trucks 2. Why do Managers Talk About Identity? 3. Organizational Identity and Formulating Strategy: The Breaking and Remaking of AT&T 4. Handelsbanken and Internet Banking Section 2: Introduction to Section - Identity Construction 5. The Swedish Industrial Development Fund (Industrifonden): State Trust, Bank or Venture Capitalist? 6. Organizational Culture and Identity at Bang & Olufsen 7. An Identity Based Internationalization Process: The BP and Statoil Alliance 8. Practice and Identity: Using a Brand Symbol to Construct Organizational Identity Section 3: Introduction to Section - Projecting Organizational Identities 9. Starbucks: Constructing a Multiplex Identity in the Specialty Coffee Industry 10. Projecting Organizational Identity Through Organizational Dress at Air France (1933-2005) 11. Organizational Artefacts and the Expression of Identity in Corporate Museums at Alfa Romeo, Kartell, and Piaggio 12. Crafting an Inter-National Identity: The Nordea Case. Conclusion: Analyzing Organizational Identities - Some Guidelines for Practice