COMM 300 - Group & Public Communication Theories

Course Instructor: Ron Wright
New Technologies Consultant: Mary Flores

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* Organizational Communication

Cultural Approach to Organizations - Clifford Geertz & Michael Pacanowsky

Lecture Notes

Slides from Lecture on Cultural Approach to Organizations by Mary Flores 3/24/98
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Web Links

Javanese Animistic Symbol

Learning Commons - What is Culture? Geertz Emphasizing Interpretation: Washington State University Site on Definitions and Discussions of Culture - From The Interpretation of Cultures, 1973

Javanese Mystical Movements: Interesting information on Javanese mysticism and the traces the Javanese culture bears of various religions. Geertz studied the Javanese, who committed little to writing...


Applying the Theory

Ethnographics Gallery at the University of Kent at Canterbury: Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing

Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice: Toward a unified view of working, learning, and innovation. John Seely Brown & Paul Duguid (1991). The Institute of Management Sciences (now INFORMS). This paper talks about ethnographic studies of workplace practices and contains an excellent discussion of thick descriptions and story telling...

http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~comm300/mary/group/geertz.html