Management culture versus culture in action: cultural dynamics and regulations in organizations

Abstract

This research will develop different
levels of understanding of the spirit of “culture”
in organization and confront them. Two forms
of culture seem to coexist. “Management
culture”, a concept from a professional structuralist paradigm, is viewed by management and
consultants as deterministic. Used in a functionalist goal as a tool for the performance of the
organization, it will be treated as regulatory
control.”Culture in Action”, scientific approach
to social constructionist culture, is the result
of experience and collective action. Dynamic,
subconscious, symbolic and regulatory, it is
done and undone through the interactions of
players in the organization. It will be considered
as the cause of internal regulation