"The evidence suggests that the corporate culture is so pervasive that they may well be incapable until there is a total housecleaning of those in management that are a part that corporate culture, " Cripe said.

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As Hinshaw warns, an employee-first management model requires changes in corporate culture, working conditions and compensation.

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More fundamentally, however, in recent years Giordano has changed its corporate culture to concentrate on such soft skills as inventory management, store layout, service and style.

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Offsetting this concern is a strong management team and an equally strong corporate culture that has been indoctrinated for years by Steve Jobs and that is able to execute on the road map effectively.

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We have seen that even the best and brightest of AOL's senior management team failed to cope within the corporate culture of Time Warner.

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Mr. Elop's plans to shake up Nokia's management are all but certain to also upend its corporate culture, which insiders say still remains very Finnish.

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Neither business logic, nor management authority, nor any compelling competitive urgency will ever convince an employee culture to adopt a corporate cause as if it were its own.

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