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TEXT COMPARISON
KEY NAMES
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11th Edition
Annotated list of scholars and terms, from the Instructors Manual and margin notes in the text
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Chapter 22—Cultural Approach to Organizations
- Clifford Geertz
- Princeton University anthropologist who pioneered the ethnographic study of culture.
- Michael Pacanowsky
- Westminster College professor who has applied Geertz's methodology to organizational communication.
- Culture
- Webs of significance; systems of shared meaning.
- Cultural performance
- Actions by which members constitute and reveal their culture to themselves and others; an ensemble of texts.
- Ethnography
- Mapping out social discourse; discovering who people within a culture think they are, what they think they are doing, and to what end they think they are doing it.
- Thick description
- A record of the intertwined layers of common meaning that underlie what a particular people say and do.
- Metaphor
- Clarifies what is unknown or confusing by equating it with an image that’s more familiar or vivid.
- Ritual
- Texts that articulate multiple aspects of cultural life, often marking rites of passage or life transitions.
- Linda Smircich
- University of Massachusetts management professor who draws on parallels to anthropological ethnography to raise ethical qualms about communication consulting.
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KEY NAMES
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in this short
video overview
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11th Edition
Annotated list of scholars and terms, from the Instructors Manual and margin notes in the text
List mode: Normal (click on theory name to show detail) | Show All details | Clear details
Chapter 22—Cultural Approach to Organizations
- Clifford Geertz
- Princeton University anthropologist who pioneered the ethnographic study of culture.
- Michael Pacanowsky
- Westminster College professor who has applied Geertz's methodology to organizational communication.
- Culture
- Webs of significance; systems of shared meaning.
- Cultural performance
- Actions by which members constitute and reveal their culture to themselves and others; an ensemble of texts.
- Ethnography
- Mapping out social discourse; discovering who people within a culture think they are, what they think they are doing, and to what end they think they are doing it.
- Thick description
- A record of the intertwined layers of common meaning that underlie what a particular people say and do.
- Metaphor
- Clarifies what is unknown or confusing by equating it with an image that’s more familiar or vivid.
- Ritual
- Texts that articulate multiple aspects of cultural life, often marking rites of passage or life transitions.
- Linda Smircich
- University of Massachusetts management professor who draws on parallels to anthropological ethnography to raise ethical qualms about communication consulting.
You can access the Key Names for a particular chapter in several ways:
- Switch to View by Theory, then select the desired theory/chapter from the drop-down list at the top of the page. Look in the list of available resources.
- To quickly find a theory by chapter number, use the Table of Contents and link from there. It will take you directly to the theory with available options highlighted.
- You can also use the Theory List, which will take you directly to the theory with available options highlighted.
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