{"product_id":"organisational-anthropology-9780745332475","title":"Organisational Anthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pioneering analysis of doing ethnographic fieldwork in different types of complex organisations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This excellent and timely book shows that the anthropological gaze continues to shed light on all things human in surprising ways' -- Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo\u003cbr\u003e'This vital and vibrant collection is sure to appeal to graduate students in anthropology and sociology as well as those in organizational psychology. Highly Recommended.' -- CHOICE\u003cbr\u003e'Lively first hand accounts of carrying out ethnographic fieldwork in contemporary organisational settings - from convenience stores to high tech firms, from think tanks to advertising companies. This is a work that will appeal not only to anthropologists but also to all those with a scholarly or practical interest in culture and organisation' -- John Van Maanen, Erwin Schell Professor of Organization Studies atMIT, author of Tales of the Field\u003cbr\u003e'The engagement between organisation studies and anthropology is both long standing and rapidly developing. In this fascinating volume some of the leading exponents of organisational anthropology reflect on its history and future directions; its potentials and pitfalls' -- Christopher Grey, Professor of Organization Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London.\u003cbr\u003e'An indispensable summary of contemporary organisational anthropology, presenting methodological challenges, theoretical discussion and insight into what it is like to embark on research in this area' -- Rachel Jane Wile, UCL Institute of Education (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  Series Preface\u003cbr\u003e  1. Entries: Engaging Organisational Worlds - Christina Garsten and Anette Nyqvist\u003cbr\u003e  Part I: Corporate Corridors\u003cbr\u003e  2. Counter Intelligence: The Contingencies of Clerkship at the Epicentre of Convenience Culture - Gavin Hamilton Whitelaw \u003cbr\u003e  3. Counter-Espionage: Fieldwork among Culture Experts in Bang \u0026amp; Olufsen - Jakob Krause-Jensen \u003cbr\u003e  4. When Life Goes to Work: Authenticity and Managerial Control in the Contemporary Firm - Peter Fleming \u003cbr\u003e  5. Oblique Ethnography: Engaging Collaborative Complicity among Globalised Corporate Managers - Emil A. Røyrvik \u003cbr\u003e  Part II: Policy Arenas\u003cbr\u003e  6. Access to all Stages?: Studying through Policy in a Culture of Accessibility - Anette Nyqvist \u003cbr\u003e  7. Punctuated Entries: Doing Fieldwork in Policy Meetings in the European Union - Renita Thedvall \u003cbr\u003e  8. The Instrumental Gaze: The Case of Public Sector Reorganisation - Halvard Vike \u003cbr\u003e  Part III: Working the Network\u003cbr\u003e  9. All about Ties: Think Tanks and the Economy of Connections - Christina Garsten \u003cbr\u003e  10. Working Connections, Helping Friends: Fieldwork, Organisations and Cultural Styles - Brian Moeran \u003cbr\u003e  11. Messy Logic: Organisational Interactions and Joint Commitment in Railway Planning - Åsa Boholm \u003cbr\u003e  Part IV: Opaque Worlds\u003cbr\u003e  12. The Profane Ethnographer: Fieldwork with a Secretive Organisation - Lilith Mahmud \u003cbr\u003e  13. Communicative Nature of Money: Aligning Organisational Anthropology with Technocratic Experiments - Douglas R. Holmes \u003cbr\u003e  14. Not Being There: The Power of Strategic Absence in Organisational Anthropology - Tara A. Schwegler \u003cbr\u003e  15. Momentum: Pushing Ethnography Ahead - Christina Garsten and Anette Nyqvist \u003cbr\u003e  Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404303311191,"sku":"9780745332475","price":72.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745332475.jpg?v=1730486035","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/organisational-anthropology-9780745332475","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}