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PTO Meetings: An Artifactual Analysis

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Schein (as cited in Baumgartner, 2009) describes artifacts as follows: ‘At the surface we have the level of artifacts, which include all the phenomena that one sees, hears, and feels when one encounters a new group with an unfamiliar culture. Artifacts would include the visible products of the group such as the architecture of its physical environment, its language, its technology and products, its artistic creations, and its style as embodied in clothing, manners of address, emotional displays, myths and stories told about the organization, published lists of values, observable rituals and ceremonies, and so on’. Each PTO meeting that was attended took place inside of the school gymnasium. Initially, to get to the gymnasium, you must walk

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