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McPherson, Jeanne. "Technical Convergence in a Public Bureaucracy: Cultural Change" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA, May 27, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p111426_index.html>

McPherson, J. S. , 2003-05-27 "Technical Convergence in a Public Bureaucracy: Cultural Change" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p111426_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This paper offers empirical grounding for a theory of organizational culture based on the simultaneous enactment of fragmentation, differentiation, and integration during organizational change. It has as its site an information-technology organization at a large western university. This public bureaucracy merged three, disparate, high-technology cultures to provide integrated computer and telecommunication services for its campus. Part of a two-year case study, this paper makes three contributions to our understanding of organizational cultural change. First, cultural change in the high-technology, public bureaucracy studied exhibits similar patterns to private-sector, high-technology organizations undergoing change. Second, the merged, independent technical cultures studied handle the tensions resulting from a mandated consolidation by reproducing their subcultures while adopting new organizational outcomes. Third, the behaviors of the members studied lend support to the claim that full integration or consensus is not a necessary feature of a productive culture. In the organization studied, a discourse of communication enabled the simultaneous development of an integrated culture and the reproduction of the subcultural identities within the context of technological evolution of services.

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