Bringing together one of the most important bodies of research into people's working practices, this volume outlines the specific character of the ethnomethodological approach to work, providing an introduction to the key conceptual resources ethnomethodology has drawn upon in its studies, and a set of substantive chapters that examine how people work from a foundational perspective. With contributions from leading experts in the field, including Graham Button, John Hughes and Wes Sharrock, Ethnomethodology at Work explores the contribution that ethnomethodological studies continue to make to our understanding of the ways in which people actually accomplish work from day to day. As such, it will appeal not only to those working in the areas of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, but also to those with interests in the sociology of work and organisations.

Mark Rouncefield is Senior Research Fellow in the Computing Department at Lancaster University, UK Peter Tolmie is Principal Consultant for Ethnographic Services at the University of Nottingham, UK

Chapter 1 The Sociologist as Movie Critic, Dave Randall, Wes Sharrock; Chapter 2 The Project as an Organisational Environment for the Division of Labour, Wes Sharrock; Chapter 3 Organizational Acumen, Peter Tolmie, Mark Rouncefield; Chapter 4 1This chapter is closely based on of ., John A. Hughes; Chapter 5 Plans and Planning: Conceptual Confusions and Empirical Investigations, Dave Randall, Mark Rouncefield; Chapter 6 The Temporal Order of Work, Andy Crabtree, Mark Rouncefield, Peter Tolmie; Chapter 7 Talk: Talking the Organisation into Being, David Martin, Jacki O'Neill; Chapter 8 Meetings and the Accomplishment of Organization, John Hughes, Dave Randall, Mark Rouncefield, Peter Tolmie; Chapter 9 Documents, Mark Hartswood, Mark Rouncefield, Roger Slack, Andrew Carlin; Chapter 10 Text at Work: Mundane Practices of Reading in Workplaces, John Rooksby; Chapter 11 Technology, Mark Rouncefield, Roger Slack, Mark Hartswood; Chapter 12 Conclusion: Ethnomethodology and Constructionist Studies of Technology, Wes Sharrock, Graham Button;