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Published By Copenhagen Business School

2245-4217

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-225
Author(s):  
Nancy Ameen ◽  
Greg Urban

The Editor's Two Cents


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 324-344
Author(s):  
Percy Arrosquipa

The shared practices of corporate social responsibility with local stakeholders is one of the few relevant experiences that are undertaken to contribute to sustainable development in a mining context of high social complexity. This study characterises the relationships with local stakeholders that allow them to carry out shared practices of Corporate Social Responsibility in the district of Pataz, La Libertad Region, in the north of Peru, through two case studies and data collection that included 23 local stakeholders working with the Mining Company. This applied research included interviews and participatory observation. The findings indicated that 80% of local entrepreneurs have shown their interest in carrying out shared practices of corporate social responsibility in education, environment, health, water and sanitation, respectively. The study describes the contribution of artisanal mining enterprises and local supplier enterprises in shared practices of social responsibility, within the locations where they carry out their business activities. This research enriches knowledge of experiences that promote a shared culture of corporate social responsibility and how attending to the social demands from the perspective of the local community and business risks from the perspective of the mining company. These two sometimes conflicting perspectives coexist and complement one another for corporate sustainability after overcoming certain local and corporate paradigms which facilitates contributing to the sustainable development of the surrounding communities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-367
Author(s):  
Michael Schönhuth

This article collates personal insights from 30 years of research and consultancy in organisational anthropology. It has two target groups in mind: on the one hand, students who, after completing a degree in anthropology with a more classical focus, are wondering what they can do with and how they could ‘sell’ their professional skills outside the academy, in the field of organizational consulting or organizational development. On the other hand, it wants to open the black box of anthropological methods and procedures for decision makers in organizations, enabling them to decide whether and when the use of anthropological expertise in their own company is worthwhile, especially in times of global flows of people, goods and communication. Here, the free-flying witch stands as a metaphor for the anthropological position as a professional stranger at the interface of the corporate world.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-323
Author(s):  
Hoi-yan Yau

Taking the Notion of Family in Different Cultures Seriously: How Does the Cultural Context Affect Family Business Succession?


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-261
Author(s):  
Heung Wah Wong

How The Chinese Think about the Family: The ‘Family’ in Chinese Family Firms


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-301
Author(s):  
Samuel Dic Sum Lai

Tongju Gongcai: A Case in Hong Kong’s Caacaanteng


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 368-385
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Powell
Keyword(s):  

Fieldwork in a Foreign Culture: Business


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-282
Author(s):  
Karin Ling-Fung Chau ◽  
Heung Wah Wong

No Family Company Without Family: The Professionalization of a Chinese Family Business in Hong Kong


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-240
Author(s):  
Heung Wah Wong

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-160
Author(s):  
Daniel Johnston

How are theatre-techniques used in business training? Do theatre-making skills represent a unique field of knowledge? In this case study, I consider the National Institute of Dramatic Art’s (NIDA) ‘Executive Presenter’ two- day course in Sydney, Australia, and attempt to counter a simplistic notion of theatre as magical practice. Performance techniques are complex, historically and culturally-contingent processes for making and sharing meaning (McAuley 2008). I describe exercises from the course in some detail ‒ including elements of space, voice, body, structure, awareness, spontaneity, and rehearsal ‒ and suggest that we can understand these presentation skills in a relationship of continuity with everyday meaning-making, rather than as a magical art form. On the one hand, NIDA trades off and reinforces the popular mystique surrounding acting. On the other hand, the course introduces simple and effective techniques of verbal and non-verbal communication. Ultimately, my investigation considers the claim made in marketing the course that ‘public speaking can come naturally to you.’


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