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Casing a promised land : the autobiography of an organizational detective as cultural ethnographer / / H.L. Goodall, Jr



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Autore: Goodall H. Lloyd Visualizza persona
Titolo: Casing a promised land : the autobiography of an organizational detective as cultural ethnographer / / H.L. Goodall, Jr Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [1994]
©1994
Edizione: Expanded edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
Disciplina: 302.3/5
Soggetto topico: Organizational behavior
Corporate culture
Communication in organizations
Ethnology - Fieldwork
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203).
Nota di contenuto: Cover 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
About the Author
Sommario/riassunto: H. 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
Titolo autorizzato: Casing a promised land  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8093-8156-7
0-585-13130-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812720503321
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