Enterprise as an instrument of civilization : an anthropological approach to business administration /: an anthropological approach to business administration. ([2016])
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- Book
- Title:
- Enterprise as an instrument of civilization : an anthropological approach to business administration /: an anthropological approach to business administration. ([2016])
- Main Title:
- Enterprise as an instrument of civilization : an anthropological approach to business administration
- 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 ofPreface; 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. … (more)
- 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.
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