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Chaplin’S Modern Times: Service Work, Authenticity, And Nonsense At The Red Moon Cafe, Janet G. Sayers, Nanette Monin
Chaplin’S Modern Times: Service Work, Authenticity, And Nonsense At The Red Moon Cafe, Janet G. Sayers, Nanette Monin
Janet G Sayers
Provides a reading of Chaplin's 'Modern Times' focusing specifically on the Red Moon Cafe scene at the end of the movie, and the nonsense song, and discusses Chaplin's commentary on service work and service workers. The paper has now been published in this book. The file attached is the original version presented at a conference in 2004.
Little Johnny And The Wizard Of Os: The Pc User As A Fool Hero, Dariusz Jemielniak
Little Johnny And The Wizard Of Os: The Pc User As A Fool Hero, Dariusz Jemielniak
Dariusz Jemielniak
This chapter is an attempt to analyze the social perception of a computer user as a fool in the eyes of IT support professionals. It relies on a storytelling analysis of anecdotes and horror stories of really stupid users, shared by IT support people on the Internet fora.
Praca Oparta Na Wiedzy. Praca W Przedsiębiorstwach Wiedzy Na Przykładzie Organizacji High-Tech, Dariusz Jemielniak
Praca Oparta Na Wiedzy. Praca W Przedsiębiorstwach Wiedzy Na Przykładzie Organizacji High-Tech, Dariusz Jemielniak
Dariusz Jemielniak
No abstract provided.
Software Engineers Or Artists? Programmers’ Identity Choices, Dariusz Jemielniak
Software Engineers Or Artists? Programmers’ Identity Choices, Dariusz Jemielniak
Dariusz Jemielniak
This paper explores how assigning software developers the identity of “engineers” metes out specific assumptions about IT projects. To this end, the paper describes an alternative metaphor of programming as art, which is commonly used by the programmers interviewed. In addition, the discussion draws conclusions from the discrepancies between the two views as well as from the proposed metaphor, explaining organizational reluctance to aesthetical vocabulary. This paper discusses occupational identity—emphasizing the identity of programmers—using qualitative research methods. As such, it enriches the literature currently available on this profession.
Sources Of Uncertainty In Project Management: A “Real Life” Account, Dominika Latusek, Dariusz Jemielniak
Sources Of Uncertainty In Project Management: A “Real Life” Account, Dominika Latusek, Dariusz Jemielniak
Dariusz Jemielniak
Although the studies of IT project management abound, they rarely present in one study the perspective of both the customers and the providers. The very relation between customers and provides has been rather rarely explored (Latusek and Jemielniak, 2007). It may be partially due to the fact that usually neither clients, nor providers, are willing to let outsiders into the details of the project. Through this paper we want to take advantage of our unique research setting in which we were allowed to interview representatives of both parties. Through presenting their stories we wish to cast light on the actual …
Tourism Development In Aqaba And Human Sustainability, Philadelphia University
Tourism Development In Aqaba And Human Sustainability, Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, Jordan
No abstract provided.