LEADER 03191nam 2200673 450 001 9910778980703321 005 20230421040019.0 010 $a0-8093-8156-7 010 $a0-585-13130-9 035 $a(CKB)111004368576888 035 $a(EBL)1990255 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000118568 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12034946 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118568 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10057515 035 $a(PQKB)10761427 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1990255 035 $a(OCoLC)43476675 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse45916 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1990255 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11035352 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL752915 035 $a(OCoLC)905992577 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368576888 100 $a19931221h19941994 ub| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCasing a promised land $ethe autobiography of an organizational detective as cultural ethnographer /$fH.L. Goodall, Jr 205 $aExpanded edition. 210 1$aCarbondale :$cSouthern Illinois University Press,$d[1994] 210 4$dİ1994 215 $a1 online resource (408 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-336-21629-8 311 $a0-8093-1942-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-203). 327 $aCover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; What I Do and Why I Do It: Reading Myself into the Stories of Others; 1 - Becoming an Organizational Detective; 2 - Notes on a Cultural Evolution: The Remaking of a Software Company; 3 - The Way the World Ends: Inside Star Wars; 4 - Lost in Space: The Layers of Illusion Called Adult Space Camp; 5 - Articles of Faith; 6 - How I Spent My Summer Vacation; 7 - The Consultant as Organizational Detective; 8 - Notes on Method; Afterword: "Surrendering to the Mystery," or The Sooner You Arrive, the Further You Have to Go; Influences 327 $aAbout the Author 330 $aH. L. Goodall's ground-breaking study of what people do with symbols and what symbols do to people explores the lives led by people in organizations. His narratives take on the form of six detective mysteries in which the narrator figures into the plot of the intrigue and then works out its essential patterns. In the first mystery, ""Notes on a Cultural Evolution: The Remaking of a Software Company,"" Goodall looks at the transition of a Huntsville regional office of a Boston-based computer software company where the lives and social dramas of the participants reflect the current state of hi 606 $aOrganizational behavior 606 $aCorporate culture 606 $aCommunication in organizations 606 $aEthnology$xFieldwork 615 0$aOrganizational behavior. 615 0$aCorporate culture. 615 0$aCommunication in organizations. 615 0$aEthnology$xFieldwork. 676 $a302.3/5 700 $aGoodall$b H. Lloyd$01463552 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778980703321 996 $aCasing a promised land$93869107 997 $aUNINA