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The first comprehensive guide to anthropological studies of complex organizations Offers the first comprehensive reference to the anthropological study of complex organizationsDetails how organizational theory and research in business has adopted anthropology’s key concept of culture, inspiring new insights into organizational dynamics and developmentHighlights pioneering theoretical perspectives ranging from symbolic and semiotic approaches to neuroscientific frameworks for studying contemporary organizationsAddresses the comparative and cross-cultural dimensions of multinational corporations and of non-governmental organizations working in the globalizing economyTopics 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 responsibilityPresents 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 centuryContent: Chapter 1 The Organization of Anthropology and Higher Education in the United States (pages 25–55): Davydd J. GreenwoodChapter 2 The Changing Rhetoric of Corporate Culture (pages 56–73): Allen W. BatteauChapter 3 New Institutional Approaches to Formal Organizations (pages 74–97): Marietta L. Baba, Jeanette Blomberg, Christine LaBond and Inez AdamsChapter 4 Entrepreneurship Studies (pages 98–121): Peter Rosa and D. Douglas CaulkinsChapter 5 Neurological Model of Organizational Culture (pages 122–145): Tomoko Hamada ConnollyChapter 6 Social Networks and Organizations (pages 147–166): Brandon Ofem, Theresa M. Floyd and Stephen P. BorgattiChapter 7 A Mixed?Methods Approach to Understand Global Networked Organizations (pages 167–192): Julia C. GluesingChapter 8 Measuring Organizational Dynamics (pages 193–203): Gerald MarsChapter 9 Semiotics of Organizations (pages 204–218): Joseph D. HankinsChapter 10 An Ethnography of Numbers (pages 219–235): Daniel NeylandChapter 11 Managing Conflict on Organizational Partnerships (pages 236–256): Elizabeth K. BriodyChapter 12 Working on Work Organizations (pages 257–274): Charles N. Darrah and Alicia DornadicChapter 13 Organizational Innovation Is a Participative Process (pages 275–288): Morten LevinChapter 14 Communities of Practice (pages 289–310): Susan Squires and Michael L. Van De VanterChapter 15 Organizational Networks and Social Capital (pages 311–327): Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen and Christian WaldstromChapter 16 American Labor Unions as Organizations (pages 328–345): Paul Durrenberger and Suzan EremChapter 17 Virtual Organizations (pages 346–361): Christina WassonChapter 18 Sustaining Social Sector Organizations (pages 362–377): Joan A. Tucker and D. Douglas CaulkinsChapter 19 The Contemporary World of Finance (pages 379–398): Allen W. BatteauChapter 20 Globalization, Modernization, and Complex Organizations (pages 399–417): Ann T. JordanChapter 21 Chinese Business Ventures into China (pages 418–437): Heidi Dahles and Juliette KoningChapter 22 Corporate Social Responsibility: Interaction between Market and Community (pages 438–454): Bengi ErtunaChapter 23 NGOs and Community Development: Assessing the Contributions from Sen's Perspective of Freedom (pages 455–470): J. Montgomery RoperChapter 24 Why Are Indigenous Organizations Declining in Latin America? (pages 471–492): Carmen Martinez NovoChapter 25 Australian Indigenous Organizations (pages 493–518): Sarah E. Holcombe and Patrick SullivanChapter 26 Organization of Schooling in Three Countries (pages 519–537): Edmund T. Hamann, Saloshna Vandeyar and Juan Sanchez Garcia