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A companion to organizational anthropology / edited by Douglas Caulkins and Ann T. Jordan
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxiii, 547 p.)) : illISBN:- 9781283644501
- 1283644509
- 9781118325537
- 1405199822
- 302.3/5 23
- 302.35
- HD58.7
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Summary: The first comprehensive guide to anthropological studies of complex organizationsOffers the first comprehensive reference to the anthropological study of complex organizationsDetails how organizational theory and research in business has adopted anthropology’s key concept of culture, inspiring new insights into organizational dynamics and developmentHighlights pioneering theoretical perspectives ranging from symbolic and semiotic approaches to neuroscientific frameworks for studying contemporary organizationsAddresses the comparative and cross-cultural dimensions of multinational corporations and of non-governmental organizations working in the globalizing economyTopics covered include organizational dynamics, entrepreneurship, innovation, social networks, cognitive models and team building, organizational dysfunctions, global networked organizations, NGOs, unions, virtual communities, corporate culture and social responsibilityPresents a body of work that reflects the breadth and depth of the field of organizational anthropology and makes the case for the importance of the field in the anthropology of the twenty-first century D. Douglas Caulkinsis emeritus professor of anthropology at Grinnell College and emeritus director of the Donald L. Wilson Program in Enterprise and Leadership. His research encompasses voluntary organizations and social capital in Norway, entrepreneurship and regional development in the UK (Wales, Scotland, Northeast England), heritage sites and national identity in the UK and US, and anthropological contributions to management theory. He has published in various journals and books and currently is engaged in social entrepreneurship and organizational development projects.Ann T. Jordanis professor of anthropology at University of North Texas. She is an applied anthropologist specializing in business anthropology, globalization and transnational organizations, Saudi Arabia, and North American Indian studies, and is the author of the books Business AnthropologyandThe Making of a Modern Kingdom: Globalization and Change in Saudi Arabia.PPN: PPN: 80992403XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PQE
""Blackwell Companions to Anthropology""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Abstracts""; ""Expanding the Field of Organizational Anthropology for the Twenty-first Century""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HISTORY OF THE FIELD""; ""THE SCOPE OF ORGANIZATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""PART I: Critique and Theory""; ""CHAPTER 1 The Organization of Anthropology and Higher Education in the United States""; ""ANTHROPOLOGY’S UNEASY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD""; ""AN ORGANIZATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF HIGHER EDUCATION""
""ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY/POLITICAL ECONOMY""""SOCIAL STRUCTURE/SOCIAL ORGANIZATION""; ""NATURE AND CULTURE, CLASSIFICATION, WORLDVIEW""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""CHAPTER 2 The Changing Rhetoric of Corporate Culture""; ""“THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CORPORATE CULTURE HEREâ€�""; ""M&A AND THE STRUGGLE FOR VALUE""; ""IT AND NEW MEDIA â€" AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN CULTURAL PRODUCTION""; ""A NATIVE-VIEW PARADIGM: CULTURE AND HR""; ""FLEXIBLE ACCUMULATION AND THE RATIONALIZATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT""; ""CHAPTER 3 New Institutional Approaches to Formal Organizations""
""INTRODUCTION""""THEORETICAL BACKGROUND""; ""POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY TO NEW INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH""; ""INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS""; ""TOWARD A NEW INSTITUTIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY""; ""ACTORS""; ""INTERACTIONS""; ""MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""CHAPTER 4 Entrepreneurship Studies""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE DIRECT CONTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP""; ""POTENTIAL FUTURE CONTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY""; ""ALEX STEWART â€" ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FAMILY BUSINESS""
""ANA MARIA PEREDO: COMMUNITY STUDIES, INDIGENOUS AND SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP""""PETER ROSA: COUNTERING ETHNOCENTRISM IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH""; ""D. DOUGLAS CAULKINS: HIGH TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS, METHODS, AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""CHAPTER 5 Neurological Model of Organizational Culture""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THREE KEY PARADIGMS""; ""CONNECTOMICS AND NEW HUMAN BRAIN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY""; ""IMAGINATION-IMAGING""; ""NEUROLOGICAL THEORY OF CULTURAL LEARNING""; ""IMAGE PROCESS AND MEANING-CREATION INSIDE THE BRAIN""; ""WHAT IS CULTURAL LEARNING?""
""IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES""""NETWORK THEORY""; ""ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY OF A RETIREMENT PARTY AT MTC COMPANY""; ""COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL CONNECTIVITY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""PART II: Methods and Analysis""; ""CHAPTER 6 Social Networks and Organizations""; ""NETWORK THEORY""; ""METHODOLOGY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""CHAPTER 7 A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understand Global Networked Organizations""; ""WHAT IS NETWORK ANALYSIS?""; ""HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS""; ""ANTHROPOLOGY’S PRESENT CONTRIBUTION TO NETWORK ANALYSIS""
""A CASE EXAMPLE OF MIXING METHODS TO STUDY GLOBAL NETWORKED ORGANIZATIONS""
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