SANT3500

Corporate Anthropology

Last taught 2009

Autumn

English

Overview

4 candidates

Average grade

B

4.00

0.38

Pass rate

100%

same

Grade distribution
Average over time
Pass rate over time

About this course

Content

The course aims to make anthropological concepts and analytical tools applicable to the study of organizations and businesses. Organizations and economic life are constantly changing. By taking into account how meaning and reality are formed and renegotiated in social contexts, changes can be planned and implemented with a basis in local structures of experience. The course investigates such processes of negotiation, planning and implementation.

Learning outcomes

To develop specialized skills for work and research in corporate business.

Teaching methods

Lectures/seminars (approx. 18 hours).
Evaluation: Term paper and oral examination. The term paper recieves a grade that can be adjusted on basis on the oral examination.
The course may be offered in English if necessary.