Cover of the magazine "OrganisationsEntwicklung" Issue 3-21

Invisible Powers – The Importance of the Ownership System for Organizational Culture and the Design of Organizational Culture Processes

An owner-managed company functions according to different principles than a listed company with a partly unspecifiable and intangible set of (co-)owners. A non-profit association functions according to different mechanisms than a state organization or a cooperative. In this context, the organizational culture is, among other factors, significantly shaped by the ownership structure.