Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe: Archetypes of the Corporate Culture

230 Pages·2008·0.59 MB·English

by  Keith Wilcock

H G
UNTING AND ATHERING
IN THE
C T
ORPORATE RIBE

H G
UNTING AND ATHERING
IN THE
C T
ORPORATE RIBE
Archetypes of the Corporate Culture
Keith Wilcock
Algora Publishing
New York
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ISBN: 0-87586-250-0 (softcover)
ISBN: 0-87586-251-9 (hardcover)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilcock, Keith D.
Hunting and gathering in the corporate tribe / by Keith D. Wilcock.
p. ; cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-87586-250-0 (trade paper) — ISBN 0-87586-251-9 (hard cover) —
ISBN 0-87586-198-9 (e-book)
1. Corporate culture. 2. Business anthropology. 3. Psychology, Industrial.
I. Title.
HD58.7.W527 2003
302.3'5—dc22
2003027408
Printed in the United States
The theory that corporations are evolved tribes opens entirely new ways of
thinking about and analyzing modern business organizations. Hunting and
Gathering in the Corporate Tribe shows how to apply the new field of corporate
anthropology to the every day challenges of operating a business. Watch out.
This book will shift your paradigm.
Dr. Marvin Dunnette, Fellow and Past President
of The Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
PART ONE
CORPORATE ARCHETYPES 7
CHAPTER ONE
ARCHETYPESIN CORPORATIONS 9
Anima and Animus 10
Multiple Tribal Affiliations 12
CHAPTER TWO
SOFT-VS. HARD-STYLE MANAGEMENT 17
Anima as Bread Winner 18
Tribal Day Care 20
CHAPTER THREE
GATHERINGIN CORPORATE TRIBES 23
Gathering as Shopping 25
Nurturing in Corporations 27
Anima and Corporate Profits 30
What Makes a Good Corporate Gatherer 31
How to Reward Corporate Gatherers 33
The Velvet Carpet 35
Vulnerabilities and Blind Spots 36
CHAPTER FOUR
ONTHE EVOLUTIONOF ANIMUS 39
Warriors, Infanticide, and Cannibalism 40
The New Warriors 41
The Warrior Fire and Teenage Crime 42
The Recent Emergence of the Father Role 45
IX
Hunting & Gathering in the Corporate Tribe
CHAPTER FIVE
CORPORATE HUNTING 47
Weapons 47
Buffalo Robes 49
Corporate Hunters 50
How to Develop Corporate Hunters 51
The Corporate War Dance 52
Marketing as Scouting 52
CHAPTER SIX
CORPORATE WARFARE 55
Territory 57
Missiles and Bombs 62
Paintball Battles 62
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE WIZARD ARCHETYPE 67
Wizards in Mythology and Real Life 70
Dens of Wizards 70
Corporate Wizards 71
Burning the Bitches 72
Use of Archetypes in Career Counseling 74
The Evolution of Tribal Wizards 76
CHAPTER EIGHT
THE CHIEF ARCHETYPE 77
God Kings 79
Identifying Alpha 80
Compensation and the Dominance Hierarchy 83
Alpha and Sexual Appetite 84
Alpha and Vision 85
The Alpha Role 87
CHAPTER NINE
THE COUNCILOF ELDERS 91
CHAPTER TEN
THE TROOPS 95
CHAPTER ELEVEN
ON BECOMINGA CORPORATE TRIBE 101
The Actualized Corporate Tribe 103
X