The concept of shared organizational values and its impact upon successful marketing strategy imple
mentation are discussed. The need to measure the
degree to which values within the organization are
shared is stressed. A method to quantitatively measure
the degree of value congruency and the strength of
value consistency is proposed. An exploratory, empirical
study is presented in which organization values are
measured and found to impact upon strategy
implementation.
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