ABSTRACT
A selection of 18 papers from an international conference in Milan, June 1987, organized by the Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism. Details how corporate artifacts are invested with meaning, are related to control, and can be used as cultural indicators in research. Among the topics are office design, housing modifications, computer systems, and the space shuttle. Fairly devoid of specialist jargon.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |38 pages
Introduction
part I|127 pages
Designing Physical Settings in Organizations
part II|104 pages
Disclosing Organizational Cultures Through Artifacts
part III|52 pages
Root Metaphors Embedded in Artifacts
part IV|62 pages
Artifacts and Organizational Control
part V|35 pages
De-Constructing Artifacts
