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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784738403321

Autore

Moeran Brian <1944->

Titolo

Ethnography at work / / Brian Moeran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berg, , 2006

ISBN

1-00-308532-6

1-000-19016-1

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

659.1/11

Soggetti

Advertising agencies - Japan

Advertising - Japan

Business anthropology - Japan

Ethnology - Fieldwork - Japan

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

The case -- It's in the name-- The theories -- Follow the money -- Advertising talk -- Impression management -- Constraints and creativity -- In search of the other -- Ethnography at work.

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.