Understanding Industrial Organizations: Theoretical Perspectives in Industrial SociologyRoutledge, 2013 M10 31 - 288 pages Understanding Industrial Organizations critically reviews the approaches developed by industrial sociologists to analyze industrial organizations. It outlines four general perspectives on organizations - systems thinking, contingency approach, the action approach and labour process for a more adequate sociology of organizations. The book provides a clear, relevant and important contribution to the sociology of organizations. |
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... possible exception of the London School of Economics, it had no secure institutional base in British universities. Seear has noted, in her review of social research in industry, that in the interwar period 'sociology, as understood ...
... possible exception of the London School of Economics, it had no secure institutional base in British universities. Seear has noted, in her review of social research in industry, that in the interwar period 'sociology, as understood ...
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... possible exception in the armed forces see Paterson 1955) there were two innovations which had an important influence on later developments. Psychiatrists and psychologists played an important role in dealing with psychological problems ...
... possible exception in the armed forces see Paterson 1955) there were two innovations which had an important influence on later developments. Psychiatrists and psychologists played an important role in dealing with psychological problems ...
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... possible to apportion research staffing and expenditure between industrial and other areas of sociology, and some research in industrial sociology will have been carried out in other departments, for example of management, business ...
... possible to apportion research staffing and expenditure between industrial and other areas of sociology, and some research in industrial sociology will have been carried out in other departments, for example of management, business ...
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... possible to list some of the more important developments: the continuing high levels of unemployment; the catastrophic decline in manufacturing industry; the advocacy of and support for 'enterprise', self-employment and small business ...
... possible to list some of the more important developments: the continuing high levels of unemployment; the catastrophic decline in manufacturing industry; the advocacy of and support for 'enterprise', self-employment and small business ...
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... possible to see that the situation then was in some ways atypical and had occurred due to the coincidence ofa specific set of historical conditions. Recognition that this was the case should ensure that current research avoids a similar ...
... possible to see that the situation then was in some ways atypical and had occurred due to the coincidence ofa specific set of historical conditions. Recognition that this was the case should ensure that current research avoids a similar ...
Contents
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2 Systems thinking | 39 |
3 Context contingency and choice | 89 |
4 Orientation and action | 126 |
5 Labour power and the labour process | 165 |
6 Conclusion | 228 |
Bibliography | 242 |
Name index | 261 |
Subject index | 266 |
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Understanding Industrial Organisations: Theoretical Perspectives in ... Richard K. Brown Limited preview - 1992 |
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