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100			_aO'DOherty, Damian _913928
245			_aThe developments in ethnographic studies of organising: Towards objects of ignorance and objects of concern
260			_bOrganization
300			_a26(4), Jul, 2019: p.449-469.
520			_aIn this introduction to the Special Issue, we review the rich tradition of ethnographic studies in organisation studies and critically examine the place of ethnography in organisation studies as practised in schools of business and management. Drawing on the findings of the articles published here, we reflect on the need for a significant extension of the content and syllabus of our discipline to include what we call objects of concern and objects of ignorance. The articles we publish show that decision makers in organizations are not always humans, and nor can we assume the human and its groups monopolise the capacity for agency in organisation. Where we still labour in organisation theory with dualisms such as structure or agent, or subject and object, these articles trace objects and their relations which point to new forms of non-human co-ordination and agency. The organisational realities to which these objects give rise demand careful methodological enquiry, and we show that recent experiments in a genre we call ‘post-reflexive ethnography’ are likely to prove helpful for developing ethnographic enquiry in contemporary organisation. - Reproduced.
650			_aEthnography _913929
650			_aOrganisation theory _913930
700			_aNeyland, Daniel _913931
773			_aOrganization
906			_aManagement education
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