Notes in a Bottle:
Corporate Folkways
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Notes in a Bottle:
Corporate Folkways
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Contemporary business is heavily, if inadvertently, into virtual reality.
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Large organizations are almost always somewhat out of touch with
direct experience.
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Instead of literal profits, CEOs now must generate "value"
in the form of favorable perceptions on Wall Street.
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Contemporary advertising is very different from traditional forms.
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Strategic intra-business communications have adopted the same
techniques as political and consumer product marketing.
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Business and Metabusiness
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Today's giant corporate enterprises are far from the paragons of
efficiency they make themselves out to be.
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The current proclivity to discuss abstract Metabusiness instead of
real businesses has its origins in our schools, media, and politics.
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An Immodest Proposal
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Post-Glasnost Tips for Former East Bloc Citizens: Official
News
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Post-Glasnost Tips for Former East Bloc Citizens: Economic
Troubles and Official Remedies
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We've accepted a view that today's corporate social order embodies male interests and values--when it's often profoundly testosterone-hostile. |
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