Edgar H. Schein (born 1928), a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management has had a notable mark on the field of organizational development in many areas, including career development, group process consultation, and organizational culture. He is generally credited with inventing the term corporate culture.

Schein (2004) identifies three distinct levels in organizational cultures; artefacts and behaviours, espoused values and assumptions

Publications

• Brainwashing and Totalitarianization in Modern Society (1959)
• Coercive Persuation: A socio-psychological analysis of the "brainwashing" of American civilian prisoners by the Chinese Communists (1961), W. W. Norton (publishers)
• Organizational Psychology (1980) ISBN 0-13641-332-3
• Organizational Culture and Leadership (2004) ISBN 1-55542-487-2

External links

• Official Ed Schein Website

1928 births | Living people | Business theorists | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Edgar Schein