Inside organizations : understanding the human dimension /
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| Imprint: | Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1988. |
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| Description: | 384 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/982254 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Part 1. Doing Ethnography
- In Search of Meaning
- Using Qualitative Methods in Research and Application
- Mirror, Mission, and Management
- Reflections on Folklore and Culture in a Health Care Organization
- Complaints in Paradise
- Using Ethnography in Customer Relations
- Measuring Organizational Culture
- Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
- Part 2. Functions of the "Dysfunctional"
- The Paradox of Functional Dysfunction in a Girl Scout Camp
- Implications of Cultural Diversity for Achieving Organizational Goals
- Letting Off Steam? Redefining a Restaurant's Work Environment
- 'Deviant Behavior'
- Achieving Autonomy in a Machine-Paced Environment
- The Communication of Power Relations in Organizations Through Cultural Rites
- Part 3. The Arts of Organizing
- The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee
- Developing Organizational Culture in the Short Run
- 'No Tickee, No Shirtee'
- Proverbial Speech and Leadership in Academe
- New Frames for Old
- Changing the Managerial Culture of an Aircraft Factory
- Symbolic Responses to Layoffs in a Software Manufacturing Firm
- Managing the Meaning of an Event
- Creating, Preserving, and Communicating Traditions
- A Role for Retirees of a Dance Company
- Part 4. Creativity, Commitment, and Community
- Art at Work
- The Pursuit of Aesthetic Solutions
- Work Ceremonies
- Why Integrate Work and Play?
- Resolving Conflict and Establishing Community
- The Annual Festival 'Old People's Day'
- Dealing with Organizational Stress
- Lessons from the Folklore of Mormon Missionaries
- Symbolic Representation of Organizatonal Identity
- The Role of 'Emblem' at Garrett Corporation
- Part 5. Paradigms and Paradoxes
- Organizational Festivals and the Uses of Ambiguity
- The Case of Picnic Day at Davis
- From Trickster to Father Figure
- Learning from the Mythologization of Top Management
- Corporate Rhetoric Versus Social Action
- Identifying Contradictions in a Service Organization
- The 'Command Bunker' in a Military Hospital
- Changing Power Perceptions Through a Modified Fishbowl Technique