The 1980s and 1990s have been a time of change for organizations, with a preoccupation for changing organizational culture', a concept attributed to anthropology. These changes have been accompanied by questions about different styles of organizing. In both public and private sector organizations and in the first and third worlds, there is now a concern to understand how organizational change can be achieved, how indigenous practices can be incorporated to maximum effect, and how opportunities can be improved for disadvantaged groups, particularly women. The Anthropology of...
The 1980s and 1990s have been a time of change for organizations, with a preoccupation for changing organizational culture', a concept attributed to a...
This source book presents the essential technical, political, legal, and historical background needed for informed judgments about the recent expansion of military interest in the life sciences - particularly in the weapons potential of the new biotechnology. Preventing a Biological Arms Race develops the case for strengthening national and international commitments to biological disarmament and proposes courses of action to achieve this goal."In theory," Susan Wright observes, "the menace of biological warfare should no longer be with us." Developing, producing, and stockpiling biological...
This source book presents the essential technical, political, legal, and historical background needed for informed judgments about the recent expan...
In a climate of increasing management and measurement of all aspects of social life, Cris Shore and Susan Wright provide a timely account of what they refer to as audit culture. This book examines the rise of the new industries of ranking and enumeration from an anthropological perspective, drawing on ethnographic observation and genealogical excavation. While anthropologists have played an important role in initiating studies of audit culture, to date no systematic or comprehensive anthropological book has been written that documents or analyses these phenomena. This book aims to fill...
In a climate of increasing management and measurement of all aspects of social life, Cris Shore and Susan Wright provide a timely account of what they...
