ABSTRACT
Although some recent proponents of the “organizational culture” perspective imply they have discovered a new thing, experienced consultants have always been sensitive to and appreciative of the symbolic aspects of managerial and change practices as well as the symbolic, meaning-laden features of structures, systems, events, persons, and things that make up organizational life. Organizational culture is the symbolic phenomenon of reality construction, which allows members to perceive and comprehend particular events, actions, objects, utterances, and whole situations, including their own behaviors, in an acceptable way that is sensible and meaningful.
