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Focusing on actions and strategies to prevent cultural loss, a groundbreaking approach to human-rights reporting that honors the UN Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Creator of Rainforest Crunch, Cultural Survival is a highly visible research organization. Photos.
This book details the historical dynamics that have marked their culture over the last 500 years. It chronicles the endurance of a tribal nation- its ordeals in the face of colonialism and its current struggle for self-determination and cultural revitalization.
Effective, sustainable cultural change requires evolution, not disruption The Corporate Culture Survival Guide is the essential primer and practical guide every organization needs. Corporate culture pioneer Edgar H. Schein breaks the concept of 'culture' down into real terms, delving into the behaviors, values, and shared assumptions that define it, and explains why culture is the central factor in an organization's success—or failure. This new third edition is designed specifically for practitioners needing to apply these practices in real-world settings, and has been updated with new coverage of globalization, technology, and managerial competencies. You'll learn how to get past subconsc...
Part of a series, this concise text focuses on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide. Building on introductory material, it then explores a particular issue and its impact on a culture. It aims to help readers identify with others of a different ethnic background.
Gaining Ground? Evenkis, Land, and Reform in Southeastern Siberia provides an assessment of how land reform in the Russian Federation is affecting indigenous peoples. Based on fieldwork in thirteen native (Evenki) villages in Southeastern Siberia, it contrasts the intent of legislation passed in Moscow with the real-life experiences of indigenous persons who are trying to gain greater control over their lives and historic homelands. Gaining Ground? situates the current reforms - and their implementation - in the historical geography land alienation experienced by the Evenkis since the coming of the Russians to this part of Siberia. The book offers information on traditional land tenure syste...
A personal view not only of a people whose life as savannah foragers is unique and fast-disappearing, but of the thoughts and actions of a young woman researcher during the hardest, and most exciting time in her life.
The father of the corporate culture field and pioneer in organizational psychology on today's changing corporate culture This is the definitive guide to corporate culture for practitioners. Recognized expert Edgar H. Schein explains what culture is and why it's important, how to evaluate your organization's culture, and how to improve it, using straightforward, practical tools based on decades of research and real-world case studies. This new edition reflects the massive changes in the business world over the past ten years, exploring the influence of globalization, new technology, and mergers on culture and organization change. New case examples help illustrate the principals at work and br...