1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451332103321

Autore

Moeran Brian <1944->

Titolo

Ethnography at work / / Brian Moeran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2020

ISBN

1-000-18353-X

1-003-08532-6

1-4742-1476-2

1-282-54565-5

9786612545658

1-84788-321-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Disciplina

305.8

659.1/11

Soggetti

Advertising agencies - Japan

Advertising - Japan

Business anthropology - Japan

Ethnology - Fieldwork - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2006 by Berg Publishers."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I The Case; 1 It's in the Name; Part II The Theories; 2 Follow the Money; 3 Advertising Talk; 4 Impression Management; 5 Creativity and Constraints; 6 In Search of the Other; 7 Ethnography at Work; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ethnography at Work follows the experiences of the author as a participant observer in the day-to-day running of a Japanese advertising agency. The book reveals the intricate behind-the-scenes planning, discussion, negotiations and strategies needed to ensure that the agency's presentation to a potential client will be preferred over that of a rival firm. The book shows how detailed ethnography can lead to an understanding of numerous different, but interlocking, theoretical issues. It demonstrates how ethnography can travel beyond the



academic realm and be used by business personnel to heighten their understanding of their companies' organizational structures, strategies and daily work practices. Asking crucial questions about the role of the anthropologist in the field, Ethnography at Work introduces students to ways in which anthropologists study social systems in business.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449717703321

Autore

Cochran Sherman <1940->

Titolo

Encountering Chinese networks [[electronic resource] ] : Western, Japanese, and Chinese corporations in China, 1880-1937 / / Sherman Cochran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2000

ISBN

0-520-92189-5

1-59734-597-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

338.7/0951

Soggetti

Business networks - China - History

Industrial management - China - History

Corporations - China - History

Corporations, American - China

Corporations, British - China

Corporations, Japanese - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction Corporations versus Networks; 2.Standar d Oil Company; 3 Chinese Imports o f Kerosene Illuminating; 4.Mitsui Trading Company; 5.Naigai Cotton Company; 6.Shenxin Cotton Mills; 7.China Match Company; 8.Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The text studies how various Western, Japanese, and Chinese businesses struggled with the persistent dilemma in China of how to retain control over corporate hierachies while adapting to dramatic



changes in Chinese society, politics and foreign affairs from 1880-1937.