Enterprise as an instrument of civilization : an anthropological approach to business administration /: an anthropological approach to business administration. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hirochika Nakamaki, Koichiro Hioki, Izumi Mitsui, Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, editors.
• Editors: Nakamaki, Hirochika; Hioki, Koichiro; Mitsui, Izumi; Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki
• Contents: Preface; References; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Invitation to Keiei Jinruigaku, Anthropology of Business Administration; Chapter 1: Enterprise as an Instrument of Civilization; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Civilization as a System; 1.3 Stock Corporations as Civilization Elements; 1.4 Mass Production: An Element of Civilization; 1.5 Enterprises in Civilization; 1.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Enterprise as Cultural Community; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Keiei Jinruigaku: Fusion of Business Administration and Anthropology; 2.3 Initiation into a Company as Cultural Community: Sony. 2.4 Initiation Ceremony of Sony2.4.1 Place and Program of the Ceremony; 2.4.2 Seating and Dress; 2.5 History and Spirit of Establishment; 2.6 Advice Toward Early Retirement; 2.7 A Community Bound Together by Common Fate; 2.8 Training of New Employees and Initiation; 2.9 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3: Company Mythology; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Mythology in Companies; 3.3 Methods for Researching Company Mythology; 3.4 Types of Myths; 3.5 Conclusion; References; Part II: Theoretical Characteristics of Keiei Jinruigaku. Chapter 4: The Meaning of an Anthropological Approach for Management Studies: Beyond "Clinical" and "Scientific" Knowledge4.1 Introduction; 4.2 "Practice" and "Science" by Barnard; 4.3 "Clinical" and "Scientific" Knowledge in the History of Management Theory; 4.3.1 Searching for "Clinical" Knowledge: The Methodology of the Human Relations School; 4.3.2 Construction of "Scientific" Knowledge of Management: Simon's Methodology; 4.4 Can We Separate "Clinical" and "Scientific" Knowledge in the Real World? A Pragmatic Question; 4.5 Conclusion: Toward "Anthropology of Business Administration." 5.5 Final RemarksReferences; Chapter 6: Management in Interface: Glocal Displacement; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Interface: Entrepreneurs as Middlemen in a Traditional Society; 6.3 "Advent" of a Japanese-Western Food: Translation with Displacement by an Entrepreneur; 6.4 Glocalisation of McDonald's: Translation with Displacement of Global Fast-Food Culture; 6.5 Multilayer Structure of Cultural Interface: McDonald's Approach from Interface; 6.6 Management of Translative Displacement; 6.7 Conclusion; References.
• Publisher Details: Tokyo : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 250 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 302.3/5; Business anthropology; PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology; Business anthropology; Business and Management; Knowledge Management; Business Strategy/Leadership; Anthropology; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9784431549161; 4431549161
• Related ISBNs: 9784431549154; 4431549153
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 31, 2015).
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