The first comprehensive guide to anthropological studies of complex
organizations
* Offers 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
Tabela de Conteúdo
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 La Bond, 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
Sobre o autor
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.
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