Understanding Industrial Organisations: Theoretical Perspectives in Industrial SociologyRoutledge, 1992 - 280 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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... Tavistock Institute of Human Relations was set up in 1947 by psychologists and others who had worked together during the Second World War , with the aim of undertaking research , con- sultancy and teaching in the field of the social ...
... Tavistock Institute of Human Relations was set up in 1947 by psychologists and others who had worked together during the Second World War , with the aim of undertaking research , con- sultancy and teaching in the field of the social ...
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... Tavistock Institute of Human Relations , will be discussed in the next section . The extensive work and writings of Brown and Jaques fall into two main categories only the first of which will be considered in any detail here . The ...
... Tavistock Institute of Human Relations , will be discussed in the next section . The extensive work and writings of Brown and Jaques fall into two main categories only the first of which will be considered in any detail here . The ...
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... Tavistock Institute of Human Relations , Document No. 572 , mimeo . Trist , E.L. ( 1981 ) The socio - technical perspective . The evolution of socio- technical systems as a conceptual framework and as an action research program , in ...
... Tavistock Institute of Human Relations , Document No. 572 , mimeo . Trist , E.L. ( 1981 ) The socio - technical perspective . The evolution of socio- technical systems as a conceptual framework and as an action research program , in ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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