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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Page 139
... action approach to industrial sociology ' ( Goldthorpe 1965 ; see also 1970 ) , or the use of ' an action frame of reference ... within which actors ' own definitions of the situations in which they are engaged are taken as an initial ...
... action approach to industrial sociology ' ( Goldthorpe 1965 ; see also 1970 ) , or the use of ' an action frame of reference ... within which actors ' own definitions of the situations in which they are engaged are taken as an initial ...
Page 159
... action approach ' to the analysis of industrial organisations should be seen as a corrective to systems approaches , and in some ways complementary to them , or as an ... action , though ones which could become Orientation and action 159.
... action approach ' to the analysis of industrial organisations should be seen as a corrective to systems approaches , and in some ways complementary to them , or as an ... action , though ones which could become Orientation and action 159.
Page 230
... action in a context where structural factors were receiving overwhelming emphasis . The central issue in many of the criticisms of and modifications to labour process analysis has been the importance of individual and / or collective action ...
... action in a context where structural factors were receiving overwhelming emphasis . The central issue in many of the criticisms of and modifications to labour process analysis has been the importance of individual and / or collective action ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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