title: Corporate cultures. Turning "us versus them" into "we".
abstract: Health care executives are coming around to the philosophy that shared values--and shared corporate culture--represent the number one success factor in any merger. In fact, studies have documented merger failures in cases in which corporate culture issues have been ignored. The question is: How can executives--and organizations--overcome the cultural obstacles?
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sherer
mesh_terms: D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009013:Morale; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States