This article intends to map similarities and dissimilarities between the generic models of functioning of public and private organizations. Recently, we have been observing trends, on the part of the Public Administration, in the sense of approaching private institutions and their strategic orientations, in search of greater proximity with citizens. Regarding the differences in terms of organizational standards, it should be noted that in public organizations there is a multiplicity and complexity of objectives, in addition to very different authority relationships from those that exist in private organizations, which results in different institutional dichotomies and functioning

Keywords : Organizational Management, Public Administration, Private Administration