The Hidden Part of Organization: How the Main Secret Defines the Organization Structure & Nuances of it's Functioning

Present research explores the peculiarities of functioning and structure of the organization on the example of the Russian company, founded in 1990s, which preserved the secret of its creation throughout its history. The secret influenced not only many aspects of its activity, but also key decisions taken in situations of crisis and collapse. Features and the formation process of corporate culture are examined in dynamics from creation until the present time. It allows the researches to trace the ways the company was able to adapt to the realities of changing market, to maintain its effectiveness while rejecting the changes at various stages of development and, ultimately, to destroy its own structure under the influence of circumstances that activated the significance of secrecy. The anxieties and formed system of social defenses, their role and the degree of adaptability at various stages of the organization’s functioning are also thoroughly examined in the present research. This work will be relevant in a psychoanalytic approach to the study of Russian organizations that have come a long way since their creation in the emerging markets of the 90s and faced the need for profound qualitative changes under the pressure of new circumstances of economic and market development.