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Book SynopsisThis work began in the form of an all-day symposium developed by co-editor Willis E. Sibley on the topic of corporate culture. The editors have compiled papers presented by anthropologists concerned with corporate and organizational culture. Contents: Preface, Willis E. Sibley; ANTHROPOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: PART ONE; ETHNOGRAPHY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: PART TWO; Meetings: The Neglected Routine, Helen B. Schwartzman and Rebecca Hanson Berman; Federal Organizational Cultures: Layers and Loci, Shirley J. Fiske; Culture Conflict with Growth: Cases from Silicon Valley, Kathleen Gregory-Huddleston; A Regional Perspective on the Transfer of Japanese Management Practices to the United States, Donald White and Frank Rackerby; Working Here is Like Walking Blindly Into a Dense Forest, Jill Kleinburg; Hollowing of Industrial Ideology: Japanese Corporate Familism in America, Tomoko Hamada and Yujin Yaguchi; Reconstructing Culture Clash at General Motors: An Historical View from the O
Trade ReviewThis is a solid, comprehensive casebook of recent work on organizational culture. Lots of good material for discussion in graduate seminars or management training. -- Ralph J. Bishop, International Survey Research Corporation
A very useful and timely book which brings together theoretical insight and empirical applications. -- H. Bell, Standford University
Would-be 'corporate anthropologists' and social science popularizers could learn much from this volume. Both practicing anthropologists and academic anthropologists themselves will find many useful ideas and case studies here. The editors are to be commended for this important contribution to the anthropology of complex societies in today's world. -- J. Anthony Paredes, Department of Anthropology, Florida State University
This volume is a unique and valuable contribution to the theory and practice of organizations. It provides the reader with a mix of theory and practice so necessary for a grasp of how organizations serve our needs. Most important, it presents the anthropological perspective, with its emphasis on the human and qualitative dimensions of social analysis. -- Herbert Applebaum, Hartz Mountain Industries
This volume is a unique and valuable contribution to the theory and practice of organizations. It provides the reader with a mix of theory and practice so necessary for a grasp of how organizations serve our needs. Most important, it presents the anthropological perspective, with its emphasis on the human and qualitative dimensions of social analysis. -- Herbert Applebaum, Hartz Mountain Industries
This is a solid, comprehensive casebook of recent work on organizational culture. Lots of good material for discussion in graduate seminars or management training. -- Ralph J. Bishop, International Survey Research Corporation
A very useful and timely book which brings together theoretical insight and empirical applications. -- H. Bell, Standford University
Would-be 'corporate anthropologists' and social science popularizers could learn much from this volume. Both practicing anthropologists and academic anthropologists themselves will find many useful ideas and case studies here. The editors are to be commended for this important contribution to the anthropology of complex societies in today's world. -- J. Anthony Paredes, Department of Anthropology, Florida State University
