Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
El artículo examina las tres metáforas organizacionales: la máquina, el organismo y la cultura, a fin de explicar la complejidad de las organizaciones.
Besides the recognition, in this article, of the metaphors' importance like organizations' heuristic tools, our aim will be centered in the three metaphors analysis: the machine, the organism and the culture. Each one of these metaphors has an explanation of limited capacity. The organization complexity can't be understood reporting only the rationai and technical dimension, as its happens, for instance, with the mechanical explanation. Otherwise it can't also be circunscribed to its symbolic side, like in the culture case. The understanding of the organizational reality implies the interconnection of all these metaphors. Each them apprehend different aspects of the organization, giving rise to a variety of insights, always fruitful.
Spanish
Metàfora; Màquina; Organisme; Metáfora; Máquina; Organismo; Cultura; Metaphor; Machine; Organism; Culture
Papers (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; N. 51 (1997) p. 183-189
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