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[A reflection about organizational culture according to psychoanalysis' view].

Maria Lúcia Alves Pereira Cardoso¹

¹Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Enfermagem, Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Administração dos Serviços de Saúde e Gerenciamento em Enfermagem (GEPAG), São Paulo, SP.

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This study explores Sigmund Freud's universal human culture assumptions to analyze Edgar Schein's organizational culture paradigms. It investigates the foundational beliefs that shape both individual psychology and organizational dynamics.

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Area of Science:

Psychoanalysis
Organizational Behavior
Cultural Studies

Context:

Examines the foundational principles of human culture as conceptualized by Sigmund Freud.
Builds upon Edgar Schein's 1984 framework for understanding organizational culture, emphasizing basic underlying assumptions.
Connects psychoanalytic theory with management studies to explore shared cultural underpinnings.

Purpose:

To analyze the universal presuppositions of human culture proposed by Freud.
To utilize these Freudian concepts as a framework for examining the basic assumptions within organizational culture, as defined by Schein.
To ascertain the conformity between Freud's basic assumptions of human culture and Schein's paradigms of organizational culture.

Summary:

The article reflects on Freud's universal presuppositions of human culture.
It applies these concepts to Schein's model of organizational culture, which prioritizes underlying assumptions over visible artifacts and values.
The study investigates the psychoanalytic basis of cultural assumptions and their relevance to organizational settings.

Impact:

Provides a novel psychoanalytic lens for interpreting organizational culture.
Offers a deeper understanding of the unconscious factors influencing organizational behavior and structure.
Suggests a potential integration of psychoanalytic theory into management and organizational studies for more comprehensive analysis.