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Author Harper, Richard, 1960- author.

Title Organisational change and retail finance : an ethnographic perspective / Richard Harper, Dave Randall and Mark Rouncefield
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2000
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 183 pages)
Series Routledge international studies in money and banking ; 8
Routledge international studies in money and banking ; 8.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Organisational studies and empirical description -- 3. Approaches to the management of change -- 4. Ethnography and change -- 5. Taking customers seriously -- 6. The virtual customer -- 7. Taking technology seriously -- 8. Conclusion
Summary "This volume provides a detailed examination of the recent changes in retail finance from sociological, anthropological, management science and technology and organisation perspectives. It reports on the use of sociological ethnography to guide these changes, both in terms of helping to better understand and redraw work processes and through providing a more accurate and flexible understanding of the role played by technology. The authors place the reported research in context by contrasting it with those approaches more commonly associated with change, including business process engineering, participative design and soft system methodologies
The book explains the benefits of ethnography, as well as the potential it has in helping achieve more desirable change in all organisations, financial services included." "Organisational Change and Retail Finance will be of interest to all international researchers concerned with organisational and technological change, as well as managers of organisational development. It will also interest advanced students in sociology, anthropology, management science and organisational studies."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-178) and index
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Subject Bank management.
Bank management -- Great Britain
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking.
Bank management
Organisationswandel
Ethnosoziologie
Bank
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Randall, Dave, author
Rouncefield, Mark, author
ISBN 0203257146
9780203257142
9780203029992
0203029992
9781134632008
1134632002