Organizational culture Edgar Schein’s theory: a phenomenological study

Abstract

The article presents the study of a phenomenon of corporate life from the description of the organizational culture in three organizations educational character in the city of Santa Marta - Colombia, whose objective was guided to describe the organizational culture, where it is possible to show different dynamics as part of the operation and relationships in terms of the context in which institutions develop. This is a qualitative study on the methodological perspective of phenomenology, transversal, a sample of 30 people (teachers and administrative staff of the body), selected from a convenience sample. Information from the use of the technique of focus groups was collected, and an instrument of information gathering semi-structured interview. It was found that; these institutions, are within a culture elemental level (Level 1) which is the results to according to Schein (1988) the lack of integration and the introduction of basic presumptions a basic level of stability achieve solutions to several basic alternatives.