Deadlines and Cycles
BEING PRODUCTIVE One of the most universally experienced realities for professionals working within business contexts is the strict organization of every activity according to predetermined…
Business Anthropology
The Enduring Value of Anthropology For Business
A LOSING PROPOSITION Throughout the years many fields outside of anthropology have integrated ethnography as part of their disciplinary practice. However, even while utilizing it…
Anthropological Voice As An Imperative And The Ethical Issues of Loyalty
For most anthropologists, working in business isn’t just a career choice but an opportunity to utilize the anthropological perspective within a pervasive and powerful arena…
Businesses As Communities of Practice and Maintaining the Anthropological Perspective from Within
MAKING SENSE OF THE WORLD: THE IMPLICIT THEORIES AND LANGUAGE PRACTICES OF BUSINESS Work within advanced economies is conducted by a wide range of engineers,…
The Concealed Utility of Theory In Business
GETTING THINGS DONE: THE CONCEALED UTILITY OF THEORY IN THE WORK OF PRACTICING ANTHROPOLOGISTS A major driving force in the call for anthropology in business…
The (so-called) Quantitative-Qualitative Divide
Having A Picnic Users and consumers of products, services, and systems experience these across cultural, social, psychological, and physical dimensions. Accordingly, there are a wide…