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Re:A Critique of “Don’t Fuck Up The Culture” by moron4hire on Saturday May 17, 2014 @08:19AM (#7759931)
>> "When business and tech people sling the word culture around as if was invented along with silicon transistors they get themselves into trouble."

<swoon> I've been trying to argue this for years. To call a business environment "culture" is to grossly misunderstand the nature and importance of culture and to over-aggrandize the business environment itself.

Re:A Critique of “Don’t Fuck Up The Culture” by amirmc on Saturday May 17, 2014 @09:30AM (#7760061)
IMHO the business environment is still worthy of anthropological study.
Re:A Critique of “Don’t Fuck Up The Culture” by sberkun10 on Saturday May 17, 2014 @03:54PM (#7760867)
Absolutely. My point was it has been studied, by anthropologists, for years, but our field has great hubris of inventing everything for ourselves (this hubris has some advantages of course, but when it comes to reusing existing knowledge it's a big disadvantage).

A minute of of google searches would reveal papers and books about the anthropology of work, including office work and even studies specific to modern tech work. There are even classics in the field, such as The Psychology of Computer Programming, by Weinberg, which despite the title, has many elements of anthropology in it - a book published in 1971.

Re:A Critique of “Don’t Fuck Up The Culture” by moron4hire on Saturday May 17, 2014 @11:34AM (#7760412)
Oh certainly, but it's an environment that exists within a culture, albeit one that increasingly abdicates to nebulous "business" rather than people.
Re:A Critique of “Don’t Fuck Up The Culture” by auxbuss on Saturday May 17, 2014 @03:26PM (#7760811)
I'd argue that a business exists within many cultures. I agree with your second assertion. Within those two there is a clue why "business culture" is a baseless idea.