| Description |
xi, 217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
11. Idioms of bureaucracy and informality in a local Housing Aid Office / Jeanette Edwards |
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1. Culture in anthropology and organizational studies / Susan Wright -- 2. Indigenous management and the management of indigenous knowledge / David Marsden -- 3. 'Owning' without owners, managing with few managers: lessons from Third World irrigators / Donald Curtis -- 4. Institution building: examining the fit between bureaucracies and indigenous systems / Trish Nicholson -- 5. Play of power: women, men and equality initiatives in a trade union / Cynthia Cockburn -- 6. Office affairs / Rosemary Pringle -- 7. The gendered terrains of paternalism / Deborah Kerfoot and David Knights -- 8. Culture, gender and organizational change in British welfare benefits services / Sandra Cullen -- 9. Community care as de-institutionalization? Continuity and change in the transition from hospital to community-based care / Christine McCourt Perring -- 10. Disempowerment and marginalization of clients in divorce court cases / Jean Collins |
| Summary |
Changing 'organizational culture' is a major preoccupation in both the public and the private sectors. Anthropology of Organizations critically examines 'the culture concept' from an anthropological perspective. For the first time, this volume brings together anthropological studies of the complex ways people make and contest meanings in organizational settings. Covering topics across the First and Third Worlds, these studies raise theoretical issues about organizational culture, gender and power, whilst also being concerned with policy and practice |
| Analysis |
Organisational behaviour |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Associations, institutions, etc.
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Business anthropology.
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Corporate culture.
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| Author |
Wright, Susan, 1951-
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| LC no. |
93047627 |
| ISBN |
0415087473 (paperback) |
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0415087481 (hbk.) |
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