ABSTRACT
Mystifying executive behavior, managerial mystique, and organizational myths are each explored for their presence within the workplace and their contributions to workplace experience. Before proceeding to an inspection of mystification in the workplace, a time-out is needed to review both sides of the argument associated with mysticism. Many organizations endeavor to capture information with their information systems and analyze it. However, in most organizations, all of the important data are not captured and the available data, if accurate, timely, and representative, are frequently not turned into knowledge. Thus, the workplace is filled with many intuitive and not-so-rational processes that, if explored, reveal an ultimate reliance upon workplace qualities and realities that are sensed rather than understood intellectually. There are a number of workplace attributes that are found with enough frequency as to be considered common. These attributes contain or contribute to organizational dysfunction and are largely driven by irrationality and mysticism.
