Conduct a critical examination of the role of leadership in organisational cultural change.

In order to fully answer the question one must begin by discussing the concepts of leadership, culture and organisational cultural change. First, what do we mean by the concept culture. The term can be defined in several ways depending on where you are coming from whether you are a sociologist, social anthropologist or even a management consultant. Generally speaking culture is a set of rules and behaviour patterns that shape a society. It is the …

…needs to be treated differently from a large, diversified organisation. The latter has various conflicting sub-cultures. A young growing organisation needs a source of identity which will help it to move forward in unity of purpose. There is also a need for clarification, articulation and elaboration of values and the philosophy of the organisation. For large organisation an outside consultant might need to be hired so as to raise awareness of the need to change.