Abstract

CELY-LOPEZ, Carmen Luz  and  GOMEZ-NINO, Ofelia. An Anthropological Perspective of Organizations from Sociocultural Characterization, Management, and Social Accounting. The Case of a Tertiary Education Institution. Cuad. Contab. [online]. 2016, vol.17, n.43, pp.183-201. ISSN 0123-1472.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.cc17-43.paoc.

This study focused on identifying from cultural anthropology studies, cultural and intercultural relations and socio-educational established in organizations and the impact on the working environment for the achievement of the mission purposes, from the perspective of management and social accounting. An institution of higher education, belonging to the solidarity economy sector was studied; the scope was aimed to knowledge of the social fabric of organizations to show how starting from the understanding of relationships and meanings set forth in the organization can reach higher productivity. The qualitative indicators let to assess comparative advantages of human talent management in terms of knowledge, learning and commitment to the mission or organizational purposes. The instruments for data collection were semistructured interviews, focus groups and participant observation. The emergent categories are labor relations, culture and intercultures, social educative aspects and adaptation.

Keywords : Management; organizational anthropology; social accounting; culture; interculturality; working relations; productivity.

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