Case #1383.0

Cracking the Culture Code: the way into the Inner Circle

Publication Date: January 01, 1997
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Abstract:
This short, incident-based case is set in South Africa and focused on a predominantly white corporation's newly-hired black affirmative action officer. When Lehurutshe Ngutshane receives an invitation to attend a prestigious golf tournament, he must weigh his own disinterest in the sport--and a scheduling conflict--with the knowledge that golf is generally popular in the corporation. The short case raises subtle issues about conflicts that can arise in changing organizations and poses the question of whether it is incumbent about newcomers to adapt to existing norms, as part of the process of assimilation and advancement, or incumbent on those shaping corporate culture to be sensitive to difference.

Other Details

Case Author:
T. J. Mokou
Pages (incl. exhibits):
2
Setting:
South Africa
Language:
English