According to Edgar H. Schein's "Organizational Culture Model" HWZ/TRIAS Conference with Edgar H. Schein, Zurich, 23 May 2017

1. 23 May 2017
Dr. Daniel C. Schmid
HWZ University of Applied Sciences
in Business Administration Zurich
According to Edgar H. Schein's
«Organizational Culture Model»
A Learning Journey
to Trstená

2. Labyrinth, Ittingen Charterhouse
«We do not think and talk
about what we see;
we see what we are able to
think and talk about.»
Edgar H. Schein

3. Agenda
Intro
Ed Schein’s «Organizational Culture Model»
Borders : Artifacts and Symbols
Nation Building : Espoused Beliefs and Values
Communities : Underlying Assumptions
Outro
Labyrinth, Ittingen Charterhouse

4. Intro : What we see …
Trstená (Hungarian: Trsztena Polish: Trzciana German: Bingenstadt)
is a town in Tvrdošín District, Žilina Region, Central Slovakia.
©JakubB,introTrstená

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What we are able to think and talk about …
What happened in Trstená ?
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1902
2002

6. «Organizational Culture Model»
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Artifacts and Symbols
Espoused Values
Assumptions
Surface
Structure
Deep
Structure
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7. Austro-Hungarian Empire
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8. Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Artifacts and Symbols
Espoused Values
Assumptions
Surface
Structure
Deep
Structure
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Borders
Nation Building
Communities

9. Agenda
Intro
Ed Schein’s «Organizational Culture Model»
Borders : Artifacts and Symbols
Nation Building : Espoused Beliefs and Values
Communities : Underlying Assumptions
Outro

10. Cisleithania
Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Bohemia
T<
Transleithania
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Borders : Double Monarchy 1867
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11. Borderline Syndrom ?
1878
Berlin
Congress
1908
Bosnia-
Hercegovina
1914
Sarajevo
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12. Agenda
Intro
Ed Schein’s «Organizational Culture Model»
Borders : Artifacts and Symbols
Nation Building : Espoused Beliefs and Values
Communities : Underlying Assumptions
Outro

13. Trzstena before 1918 : Hungary
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Austro-Hungarian Empire
German Empire
Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Trsztena

14. Trstená after 1918 : Czechoslovakia
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Trstená

15. Trstená after 1918 : Central Slovakia
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Trstená

16. Nation Building :
Espoused Beliefs and Values
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Trstená
Hungarians =
Elite / Upper Class
Slovaks =
Middle / Lower Class

17. Trsztena ‒ Fö utcza
Nation Building :
Espoused Beliefs and Values
Trstená ‒ Hlavná ulica

18. Nation Building :
Espoused Beliefs and Values
Population of Trstená (1919): 2,168
«The Jewish population rose from 72 in
1828 to 257 in 1919.» (= 11.85%)
5 Families named «Schein»
Professions : Banker, Book Printer,
Hotelier, Pharmacist, Restaurant Owner

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Alice Masters Eberstarková
(born 10 May 1925, Trstená)
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20. German
Austro-
Hungarian
Family Schein (Family Tree)
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21. Henrik (Heinrich) Schein
Relation : Grandfather
Born : 1868
Profession : Banker
Married to :
Hermine Messinger
Relation : Grandmother
Born : 1879
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22. Traces of Grandfather Henrik
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Compass
Finanzielles Jahrbuch
für Österreich-Ungarn
(Financial Yearbook
for Austria-Hungary)
1896 ‒1914

23. Henrik (Heinrich) Schein: Career
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1896 : Árvaer Creditanstalt
Actiengesellschaft, Accountant
1904 : Árvaer Creditanstalt
Actiengesellschaft, Managing Director
1908 : Silleiner Zellulosefabriks-
Aktiengesellschaft, Vice-President
1912 : Oberungarische Creditbank
Aktiengesellschaft, Director

24. Marcel Schein
Relation : Father
Born : 1902
Profession : Physicist
Married to :
Hilde Schoenbeck (born
Born : 1903
Birth Certificate 1902: HungarianHWZ

25. Where is Grandfather Henrik ?
(ca. 1935)
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Marcel :
Father
Nicholas :
Uncle «Mickey»
Hermine :
Grandmother

26. Agenda
Intro
Ed Schein’s «Organizational Culture Model»
Borders : Artifacts and Symbols
Nation Building : Espoused Beliefs and Values
Communities : Underlying Assumptions
Outro
Labyrinth, Ittingen Charterhouse

27. 27HWZ
Edgar H. Schein
(born 5 March 1928, Zurich)
«Zurich itself was a feast for the
eyes, with its lake and the
surrounding hills and woods.
Up on one of these hills was the
Grand Hotel Dolder, which one
reached by means of a funicular.»

28. Marcel Schein :
The Zurich Years (1923 ‒ 1934)
1928 : Dissertation 1932 : Habilitation
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29. 29
Getting into Trouble (1934)
What happened in Zurich ?
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30. Getting into Trouble (1934)
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«Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor,
Indem wir uns auf Ihren (…) Rekurs
an das Eidg. Justiz- und Polizei-
departement beziehen, gestatten wir
uns, Ihnen bekannt zu geben, dass
wir bereit sind, unsere Wegweisungs-
verfügung vom 28. März 1934 aufzu-
heben, sofern Sie sich schriftlich
verpflichten, die Schweiz auf den
31. Juli 1935 zu verlassen.»
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Handwritten copy : Marcel Schein

31. Support from the University of Zurich
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«Hochgeehrter Herr Rektor!
(…) Ich bin selbstverständlich der
Meinung, dass auf diesen Vorschlag
nicht eingetreten werden darf, da
es sich für uns um die prinzipielle
Frage handelt, ob die Fremdenpolizei
ohne Begrüssung der Universitäts-
Behörden Massregeln ergreifen
dürfe, die den Hochschulbetrieb
angehen und über die sie kein
sachliches Urteil fällen kann.»
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Dekanat Phil. Fakultät II, Niggli, an
Rektor ,von Meyenberg, 26.05.1934

32. Searching for Numbers : No 635 904
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Dr. Heinrich Rothmund (1888‒1961)
Chief of the Federal Foreign Police
From 1929 to 1931, he played a key
role in the drafting of the Act on
Residency and Settlement (ANAG).
Rothmund had opposed the introduc-
tion of the so called «Jew Stamp» in
1938 and unsuccessfully
championed a general visa
requirement for Germans.
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34. Hilde
Family Schein (ca. 1936)
MarcelEdgar
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35. Learning Journey (1934 – 1938)
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Odessa Prague

36. Odyssee : 1934 ‒ 1938
Prague
Zurich Odessa
Le Havre
New York
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37. Leaving Europe (1938)
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38. Department of Physics, Chicago (1942)
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«My father stuck to
experimenting with
the cosmic rays, but
Leo Szilárd and
Albert Einstein
convinced President
Roosevelt tu push
nuclear research,
resulting in Enrico
Fermi successfully
producing a chain
reaction under the
stands of Stagg Field.»
Chicago Pile-1, the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, was built under the west stands of Stagg Field, which was no
longer used for football. The first man-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction occurred on 2 December 1942.
Letter to Roosevelt,1939

39. Antisemitism : Assumptions
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40. Antisemitism : Austrian «Anschluss» (1938)
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41. «Munich» and its Consequences (1938/39)
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29.09.1938
Munich
Agreement
14.03.1939
Independent
Slovak State
15.03.1939
German
«Protectorate
Bohemia and
Moravia»

42. «Munich» and its consequences (1938/39)
42
Not much is known about the
group of mostly Jewish refugees
who stepped out of the airplane on
the tarmac of the Croydon airport
on the Wednesday evening, March
29, 1939, and who were refused
entry into the United Kingdom.

43. Trstená on the Eve of World War II
Reno Evening Gazette, 22 August, 1939, p. 6.
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44. What happened in Trstená (1939 ‒ 1942)
Súpis Židov = Inventory of the Jewish Population (1942)
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Alice Masters, born Eberstarková
(10 May 1925, Trstená)
Alice survived the war
with her sisters Josephine
and Ellie thanks to one of
the «Kindertransports» to
England, organized by
Nicholas Winton in 1939.
The remaining Eberstark
family was deported in
June 1942 and perished in
the Holocaust.

46. Deportation
(June 1942)

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Alice Masters, born Eberstarková
(Washington D.C., 18 March 2017)
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48. Nicholas Winton: BBC «That’s Life», 1988
Sir Nicholas
Winton
organized
the rescue
of 669
children
from
Czechoslo-
vakia in
1938/39.
The world
found out
about his
work over
40 years
later.

49. A Learning Journey to Trstená
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Artifacts and Symbols
Espoused Values
Assumptions
Surface
Structure
Deep
Structure
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Borders
Nation Building
Communities

50. Outro : Ed Schein about Trstená
«We do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about.»

51. Contact
HWZ University of Applied Sciences
in Business Administration Zurich
Dr. Daniel C. Schmid
Head of Academy
Lagerstr. 5
8021 Zurich
Phone +41 43 322 91 51
Email daniel.schmid@fh-hwz.ch
URL www.fh-hwz.ch
www.linkedin.com/in/danielcschmid
www.xing.com/profile/DanielC_Schmid
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52. Links
Archives
Bundesarchiv Bern, Schweiz (Federal Archives Berne, Switzerland): www.bar.admin.ch
Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich (State Archives of the Canton of Zurich): www.staatsarchiv.zh.ch
Štátny okresný archív v Dolnom Kubíne, Slovensko (State District Archives in Dolný Kubín, Slovakia):
www.minv.sk/?statny-archiv-v-bytci-pobocka-dolny-kubin
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.: www.ushmm.org
Universitätsarchiv Zürich UZH (Archive of the University of Zurich UZH): www.archiv.uzh.ch
Yad Vashem, Shoah Victims' Names Database / Deportations Database: www.yadvashem.org
Literature
Compass: Finanzielles Jahrbuch für Österreich-Ungarn (1868‒1919).
Schein, Edgar H.: Becoming American. My First Learning Journey, Bloomington 2016 (iUniverse).
Schein, Edgar H.: Humble Consulting. How to Provide Real Help Faster, Oakland 2016 (Berrett-Koehler).
Schein, Edgar H. / Schein, Peter: Organizational Culture and Leadership (5th Edition), Hoboken 2017 (Wiley).
Schmid, Daniel C.: Dreiecksgeschichten. Die Schweizer Diplomatie, das «Dritte Reich» und die böhmischen Länder
1938–1945, Zürich 2004 (Chronos).
Videos
Fatzer, Gerhard / Schmid, Daniel C.: Interview with Edgar H. Schein, 27 March 2017: http://bit.ly/2pj3Ybm
Arte, Der Kampf um die Freiheit (Fighting for Freedom): http://bit.ly/2q2F0uC
Jakub B, intro Trstená: http://bit.ly/2oHLxJr
Schmid, Daniel C.: Interview with Alice Masters Eberstarková, 18 March 2017
Special thanks to:
Prof. Dr. Edgar H. Schein, Palo Alto/USA; Mrs. Alice Masters Eberstarková, Bethesda/USA
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fatzer, TRIAS Institute, Grüningen/CH; Mrs. Kim Masters, Los Angeles/USA; Prof. Dr. Eduard
Nižňanský, Comenius University Bratislava/SK; Mrs. Barbora Jakobyová, M.A., Comenius University Bratislava/SK;
Mr. Peter Schein, MBA, Palo Alto/USA; Prof. Dr. Louisa Schein, New Brunswick/USA.