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Handy’s 4 types of culture are:

  1. Zeus (power culture)

    Organisation is controlled by a key central figure, owner or founder. Power is direct, personal and informal

  2. Apollo (role culture)

    Classical, rational organisation: bureaucracy. Stable, slow-changing, formalised and impersonal.

  3. Athena (task culture)

    Management is directed at outputs: problems solved and projects completed. Team based, flexible. Expertise valued.

  4. Dionysus (person culture)

    The purpose of the organisation is to serve the interests of the individuals who make it up. Management  is directed at facilitating

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