Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe - Archetypes of the Corporate Culture
"The theory that corporations are evolved tribes opens entirely new ways of thinking about and analyzing modern business organizations. Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe shows how to apply the new field of corporate anthropology to the every day challenges of operating a business. Watch out. This book will shift your paradigm." - Dr. Marvin Dunnette, past President and Fellow of SIOP (The Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists) and author of the Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
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Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe - Archetypes of the Corporate Culture
"The theory that corporations are evolved tribes opens entirely new ways of thinking about and analyzing modern business organizations. Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe shows how to apply the new field of corporate anthropology to the every day challenges of operating a business. Watch out. This book will shift your paradigm." - Dr. Marvin Dunnette, past President and Fellow of SIOP (The Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists) and author of the Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
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Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe - Archetypes of the Corporate Culture

Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe - Archetypes of the Corporate Culture

Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe - Archetypes of the Corporate Culture

Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe - Archetypes of the Corporate Culture

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"The theory that corporations are evolved tribes opens entirely new ways of thinking about and analyzing modern business organizations. Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe shows how to apply the new field of corporate anthropology to the every day challenges of operating a business. Watch out. This book will shift your paradigm." - Dr. Marvin Dunnette, past President and Fellow of SIOP (The Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists) and author of the Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780875861982
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Publication date: 08/01/2003
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 217
File size: 319 KB

Table of Contents

Introduction1
Part 1Corporate Archetypes7
Chapter 1Archetypes in Corporations9
Anima and Animus10
Multiple Tribal Affiliations12
Chapter 2Soft-vs. Hard-Style Management17
Anima as Bread Winner18
Tribal Day Care20
Chapter 3Gathering in Corporate Tribes23
Gathering as Shopping25
Nurturing in Corporations27
Anima and Corporate Profits30
What Makes a Good Corporate Gatherer31
How to Reward Corporate Gatherers33
The Velvet Carpet35
Vulnerabilities and Blind Spots36
Chapter 4On the Evolution of Animus39
Warriors, Infanticide, and Cannibalism40
The New Warriors41
The Warrior Fire and Teenage Crime42
The Recent Emergence of the Father Role45
Chapter 5Corporate Hunting47
Weapons47
Buffalo Robes49
Corporate Hunters50
How to Develop Corporate Hunters51
The Corporate War Dance52
Marketing as Scouting52
Chapter 6Corporate Warfare55
Territory57
Missiles and Bombs62
Paintball Battles62
Chapter 7The Wizard Archetype67
Wizards in Mythology and Real Life70
Dens of Wizards70
Corporate Wizards71
Burning the Bitches72
Use of Archetypes in Career Counseling74
The Evolution of Tribal Wizards76
Chapter 8The Chief Archetype77
God Kings79
Identifying Alpha80
Compensation and the Dominance Hierarchy83
Alpha and Sexual Appetite84
Alpha and Vision85
The Alpha Role87
Chapter 9The Council of Elders91
Chapter 10The Troops95
Chapter 11On Becoming a Corporate Tribe101
The Actualized Corporate Tribe103
Part 2World Cultures vs. the Corporate Culture105
Chapter 12The World's Various Cultures107
Corporate Culture108
The Real Corporate Culture109
Tribes111
Chapter 13The Relentless Spread of the Corporate Culture115
Business School Wizards117
Accounting Rules as Corporate Mores118
Globalization121
The New Corporate Loyalty124
Job Hoppers and Downsizers129
Corporate Greed130
Corporate Democracy132
The Tribeless Remainder133
Where is Grandpa?136
Part 3Nation-States and Multinational Corporations as World Tribes139
Chapter 14Nation-States as Tribes141
The USA as a Tribe142
Political Dynasties146
Corporations and the Evolution of Nation-States147
Economic Sanctions149
Multinational Teams152
Corporations and Nation-State Identity153
Chapter 15The Corporate Culture in China157
The Rising Sun161
The Pacific Impulse162
The Corporate Culture in the Middle East164
Part 4Corporate Culture vs. The Agricultural Institutions of Organized Religion and War169
Chapter 16The Evolution of Religious Belief171
Evil and the War on Drugs173
Myths that Murder175
Castles, Cathedrals, and Skyscrapers177
Corporations and the Religion of Science178
Intelligence Testing and Succession180
When Culture Clash184
The Devastating Impact of Corporate Culture185
Religious Fundamentalists vs. the Corporate Culture186
Chapter 17Corporations and the Evolution of War191
Does the Eagle Hunt for Flies?196
Defusing Jihad198
Chapter 18Spreading the Corporate Culture203
Closing Remarks204
Index209
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