Organizational Culture in a Peruvian Rural University: A Case Study

Abstract

Understanding culture is essential for the proper functioning of an organizational system, as it gives it coherence and cohesion through the exercise of a series of habits, norms and customs, keeping its identity alive, reinforcing its values ??and foundations, and guiding it towards the achievement of common goals and objectives. The study aims to describe the characteristics of the current organizational culture of the Rural University located in the Central Sierra of Peru, through the dimensions of Denison (2000). This research is developed methodologically from a qualitative approach, at a descriptive level and applying the case study method to respond to the proposed objective that seeks to describe the organizational culture of a university in the central highlands of Peru. The data collection is obtained through the technique of the survey carried out with the collaborators. For the categorization, the dimensions of the Organizational Culture model of Daniel Denison (2000) were used. The results obtained showed an organizational culture not yet consolidated, but we consider that, with the findings presented, possibilities are opened to apply assertive strategies if they are built in a participatory way and from an intercultural relationship, a feature so important for the University under study.