Caulkins Douglas D., Jordan Ann T. (eds.) A Companion to Organizational Anthropology

Chichester, UK. Wiley-Blackwell6 2013. — 563 p. — (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology).The first comprehensive guide to anthropological studies of complex organizationsOffers the first comprehensive reference to the anthropological study of complex organizations
Details how organizational theory and research in business has adopted anthropology’s key concept of culture, inspiring new insights into organizational dynamics and development
Highlights pioneering theoretical perspectives ranging from symbolic and semiotic approaches to neuroscientific frameworks for studying contemporary organizations
Addresses the comparative and cross-cultural dimensions of multinational corporations and of non-governmental organizations working in the globalizing economy
Topics 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 responsibility
Presents 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.Notes on ContributorsAbstractsExpanding the Field of Organizational Anthropology for the Twenty-first CenturyCritique and TheoryThe Organization of Anthropology and Higher Education in the United StatesThe Changing Rhetoric of Corporate CultureNew Institutional Approaches to Formal OrganizationsEntrepreneurship StudiesNeurological Model of Organizational CultureMethods and AnalysisSocial Networks and OrganizationsA Mixed-Methods Approach to Understand Global Networked OrganizationsMeasuring Organizational DynamicsSemiotics of OrganizationsAn Ethnography of NumbersManaging Conflict on Organizational PartnershipsOrganizational ProcessesWorking on Work OrganizationsOrganizational Innovation Is a Participative ProcessCommunities of PracticeOrganizational Networks and Social CapitalAmerican Labor Unions as OrganizationsVirtual OrganizationsSustaining Social Sector OrganizationsGlobalization, Development, and ModernizationThe Contemporary World of FinanceGlobalization, Modernization, and Complex OrganizationsChinese Business Ventures into ChinaCorporate Social Responsibility: Interaction between Market and CommunityNGOs and Community Development: Assessing the Contributions from Sen’s Perspective of FreedomWhy Are Indigenous Organizations Declining in Latin America?Australian Indigenous OrganizationsOrganization of Schooling in Three Countries