Work as Key to the Social Question The Great Social and Economic Transformations and the Subjective Dimension of Work Incidence of Laborem Exercens in Organizational Theory ______________________________ by Alfredo Rodríguez Sedano Professor of Sociology Universidad de Navarra (Spain) Afonso Osorio de Rebellón Ph.D. Student Universidad de Navarra (Spain) Abstract The goal we are seeking in this job has two sides. First, we will try to call attention on the progress suffered along this century in the way of viewing organizational work. Second, we will show the insufficiency of these views and the necessity of a new method for a better comprehension of organizations and of activities carried out by people in organizations. The thread helping us in this analysis will be the distinction between the objective sense and the subjective sense of human work, and the question we make for this analysis is: which ethical spirit do we find in organizations? Paper Distinction between the objective sense and the subjective sense of human work is the main axis in Pope John Paul II’s letter Laborem exercens. The goal we are seeking in this job has two sides. First, we will try to call attention on the progress suffered along this century in the way of approaching organizational work. Second, we will show the insufficiency of these approaches and the necessity of a new method for a better comprehension of organizations and of activities carried out by people in organizations. The thread helping us in this analysis will be the distinction between the objective sense and the subjective sense of human work, and the question we make for this