Towards a knowledge-based organizational culture – discussion on empirical studies

Abstract

The starting point of this paper is characteristic of the essence of organizational pathologies
and dysfunctions. This discussion is a contribution of deliberation on the development of an optimal
organizational culture - permitting the acquisition and maintenance of key employees. The present publication
presents the results of empirical research regarding dysfunction and the pathology of the organizational
culture of enterprises in Poland. 195 respondents were examined whose opinions were interpreted
in the context of the challenges of creating a model, in terms of the knowledge economy, types of organizational
culture - a culture based on knowledge, a culture of trust and a culture of cooperation.