Organizational Culture and Strategic Management in Brazilian Public Organizations: Systematization of Factors to Improve School Management

ABSTRACT

Drawing upon influencing factors in public organizations’ performance, this paper systematizes organizational culture and strategic management factors to improve school management. The team conducted a survey with 407 principals from public schools in Brazil, along with a factorial analysis to explore the cultural and strategic management factors. The results show two factors influencing school management, technical and political. More specifically, six factors influence the process, such as planning, participation, citizen formation, innovative practices, pedagogical practices, and community participation. The conclusion points out factors and establishes elements to provide a guide for public organizations toward improved management.

KEYWORDS:

• Brazil
• organizational culture
• strategic management
• school management
• public organization

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - Brazil (CAPES) under Grant Finance code 001.