Culture Shock in Maersk Line

”Culture shock in Maersk Line” is the first detaileddescription of the significant cultural changes, which have taken place in oneof Denmark’s most iconic companies. Using access to more than 110 Maersk Lineemployees, ranging from students and secretaries to partners, it is a descriptionwhich takes the reader inside headquarters on Esplanaden in Copenhagen.This is the insider story of how the Maersk peoplethemselves have experienced the changes over the past 15 years. It has been aturbulent period, where old virtues have been replaced, and the old anarchisticentrepreneurs have been replaced by a modern and professional focus on hardresults.As most Maersk employees who participated in the bookacknowledge: ”Maersk Line today, and Maersk Line 10 years ago, have only twothings in common: They ship containers, and they are headquartered onEsplanaden in Copenhagen. Everything else has changed.”