Desenvolvimento organizacional multidimensional : uma perspectiva crítica para o estudo de organizações familiares.

Abstract

This PhD thesis aimed to identify if the perspective of Multidimensional Organizational Development is theoretically adequate to explain processes of development of family organizations in a context of regional development. It is understood the Multidimensional Organizational Development as a possibility to review the organizational forms and methods of development of family businesses in the industrial branch of Santa Cruz do Sul / RS - Brazil, because it is believed that the organizations seen under the reflective prism are important spaces for analysis of the economic dynamics and interaction with the regions in which they are inserted. A study was carried out as theoretical contribution to Critical Theory (HORKHEIMER; ADORNO, 1985; HORKHEIMER, 1974; MARCUSE, 1973). Critical theory presents itself as an option for theoretical and methodological refinement for organizational studies, as opposed to the predominant positivist view, aligned with the industrial view. The Multidimensional Organizational Development, through the presented theoretical framework, demonstrates a possibility of reviewing the studies on organizational development for multidimensional analysis, opposing the one-dimensional vision focused on the economic and internal aspects of organizations. Data collection took place through the techniques of semi-structured interviews with the managers of the organizations analyzed and of documentary research in the websites of the companies, besides the accomplishment of the observation in loco. It is believed that the results obtained can help other companies with the same characteristics in the analysis of the premises of their planning processes, enabling a review of practices and improvement of the relationship between who produces, who creates, who manages and who consumes. These relationships are analyzed considering the systemic, structural and entrepreneurial (multidimensional) aspects beyond the culture of consumption and the emphasis on profit, related to territoriality and sustainability integrated with the motivation to leverage Regional Development in each case. Thus, as a main construct, one can perceive, in relation to systemic, structural and business factors, approximations between family organizations and the possibilities of Multidimensional Organizational Development.