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3. Fieldwork in Corporate Offices
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Frauke Mörike
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 5
- 1. Introduction, or: From IT Projects to Organisational Ethnography 11
- 2. Anthropology, Organisational Systems and Misunderstandings 21
- 3. Fieldwork in Corporate Offices 51
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Part I: The Organisation as a Social System
- The Organisation as a Social System 77
- 4. System/Environment Boundaries 81
- 5. Internal Differentiation: The Offices 121
- 6. Formal Boundaries, Informal Bridges: Departments and Teams 155
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Part II: Working Misunderstandings
- Working Misunderstandings 175
- 7. Working Misunderstandings 179
- 8. Collaboration as a Working Misunderstanding 191
- 9. Modus intentional: Date games 201
- 10. Modus Non-Intentional: Project Representations 227
- 11. Conclusion 281
- Acknowledgments 293
- List of Figures 295
- References 297
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 5
- 1. Introduction, or: From IT Projects to Organisational Ethnography 11
- 2. Anthropology, Organisational Systems and Misunderstandings 21
- 3. Fieldwork in Corporate Offices 51
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Part I: The Organisation as a Social System
- The Organisation as a Social System 77
- 4. System/Environment Boundaries 81
- 5. Internal Differentiation: The Offices 121
- 6. Formal Boundaries, Informal Bridges: Departments and Teams 155
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Part II: Working Misunderstandings
- Working Misunderstandings 175
- 7. Working Misunderstandings 179
- 8. Collaboration as a Working Misunderstanding 191
- 9. Modus intentional: Date games 201
- 10. Modus Non-Intentional: Project Representations 227
- 11. Conclusion 281
- Acknowledgments 293
- List of Figures 295
- References 297