A Companion to Organizational Anthropology

Herausgegeben von Caulkins, D. Douglas; Jordan, Ann T.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first comprehensive guide to anthropological studies of complexorganizations

Offers the first comprehensive reference to the anthropologicalstudy of complex organizations
Details how organizational theory and research in business hasadopted anthropology's key concept of culture, inspiring newinsights into organizational dynamics and development
Highlights pioneering theoretical perspectives ranging fromsymbolic and semiotic approaches to neuroscientific frameworks forstudying contemporary organizations
Addresses the comparative and cross-cultural dimensions ofmultinational corporations and of non-governmental organizationsworking in the globalizing economy
Topics covered include organizational dynamics,entrepreneurship, innovation, social networks, cognitive models andteam building, organizational dysfunctions, global networkedorganizations, NGOs, unions, virtual communities, corporate cultureand social responsibility
Presents a body of work that reflects the breadth and depth ofthe field of organizational anthropology and makes the case for theimportance of the field in the anthropology of the twenty-firstcentury

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 180mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 998g
• ISBN-13: 9781405199827
• ISBN-10: 1405199822
• Artikelnr.: 36029438

Autorenporträt

D. Douglas Caulkins is 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. Jordan is 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 Anthropology and The Making of a Modern Kingdom: Globalization and Change in Saudi Arabia.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors viii Abstracts xiv Expanding the Field of
Organizational Anthropology for the Twenty-first Century 1 Ann T. Jordan
and D. Douglas Caulkins Part I Critique and Theory 25 1. The Organization
of Anthropology and Higher Education in the United States 27 Davydd J.
Greenwood 2. The Changing Rhetoric of Corporate Culture 56 Allen W. Batteau
3. New Institutional Approaches to Formal Organizations 74 Marietta L.
Baba, Jeanette Blomberg, Christine LaBond, and Inez Adams 4.
Entrepreneurship Studies 98 Peter Rosa and D. Douglas Caulkins 5.
Neurological Model of Organizational Culture 122 Tomoko Hamada Connolly
Part II Methods and Analysis 147 6. Social Networks and Organizations 149
Brandon Ofem, Theresa M. Floyd, and Stephen P. Borgatti 7. A Mixed-Methods
Approach to Understand Global Networked Organizations 167 Julia C. Gluesing
8. Measuring Organizational Dynamics 193 Gerald Mars 9. Semiotics of
Organizations 204 Joseph D. Hankins 10. An Ethnography of Numbers 219
Daniel Neyland 11. Managing Conflict on Organizational Partnerships 236
Elizabeth K. Briody Part III Organizational Processes 257 12. Working on
Work Organizations 259 Charles N. Darrah and Alicia Dornadic 13.
Organizational Innovation Is a Participative Process 275 Morten Levin 14.
Communities of Practice 289 Susan Squires and Michael L. Van De Vanter 15.
Organizational Networks and Social Capital 311 Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen
and Christian Waldstrøm 16. American Labor Unions as Organizations 328 Paul
Durrenberger and Suzan Erem 17. Virtual Organizations 346 Christina Wasson
18. Sustaining Social Sector Organizations 362 Joan A. Tucker and D.
Douglas Caulkins Part IV Globalization, Development, and Modernization 379
19. The Contemporary World of Finance 381 Allen W. Batteau 20.
Globalization, Modernization, and Complex Organizations 399 Ann T. Jordan
21. Chinese Business Ventures into China 418 Heidi Dahles and Juliette
Koning 22. Corporate Social Responsibility: Interaction between Market and
Community 438 Bengi Ertuna 23. NGOs and Community Development: Assessing
the Contributions from Sen's Perspective of Freedom 455 J. Montgomery Roper
24. Why Are Indigenous Organizations Declining in Latin America? 471 Carmen
Martínez Novo 25. Australian Indigenous Organizations 493 Sarah E. Holcombe
and Patrick Sullivan 26. Organization of Schooling in Three Countries 519
Edmund T. Hamann, Saloshna Vandeyar, and Juan Sánchez García Index 538