So what I'm going to talk about to you today is something called Ethnography.This is a type of research aimed at exploring the way human cultures work.It was first developed for use in anthropology, and it's also been used in sociology and communication studies.So what's it got to do with business, you may ask.Well, businesses are finding that ethnography can offer them deeper insight into the possible needs of customers either present or futureas well as providing valuable information about their attitudes towards existing products.And ethnography can also help companies to design new products or services that customers really want.Let's look at some examples of how ethnographic research works in business.One team of researchers did a project for a company manufacturing kitchen equipment.They watched how cooks used measuring cups to measure out things like sugar and flour.They saw that the cooks had to check and recheck the contents,because although the measuring cups had numbers inside them the cooks couldn't see these easily.So a new design of cup was developed to overcome this problem, and it was a top seller.Another team of ethnographic researchers looked at how cell phones were used in Uganda, in Africa.
