Estudio de la relación entre el modelo de cultura basado en valores (Competing values framework de Cameron y Quinn) y los estilos de liderazgo organizacional en la Empresa Pública de Agua y Saneamiento – EPMAPS

Abstract

Organizational culture is an issue that has been addressed with greater intensity in recent years due to the evolution of human talent and new organizational needs. The leadership on the other hand set aside conventionalism and has given way to a totally different, more open, comprehensive and efficient style. With the desire of organizations to improve their performance and added value, the need to make cultural changes has been created. In this context, some organizations in our country have chosen to carry out diagnostic studies and relationship between organizational culture, leadership styles, organizational climate, congruence of values, etc., in order to establish strategies to achieve change in all their areas. In the present study carried out in the Public Water and Sanitation Company EPMAPS - Matrix of the Metropolitan District of Quito, it will be established if there is a relationship between Organizational Culture and Leadership Styles through three fundamental procedures: i) Diagnosis of predominant leadership styles in the EPMAPS - Matrix through the Multifactorial Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), ii) Diagnosis of current and desired Organizational Culture through the application of the Organizational Culture Characterization (OCAI) questionnaire and iii) Analysis of correlations between current and desired results. After this analysis it was found that there is no influence between the existing leadership style with the current and desired culture.