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 50
... appeared in the report of the study of technical change in the steel industry pub- lished in 1956. By this time studies of joint consultation ( Scott 1952 ) and of industrial relations in the docks ( University of Liverpool 1954 ) had ...
... appeared in the report of the study of technical change in the steel industry pub- lished in 1956. By this time studies of joint consultation ( Scott 1952 ) and of industrial relations in the docks ( University of Liverpool 1954 ) had ...
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... appeared to vary , sometimes in un- expected ways , for managers at different levels in the hierarchy . The studies also appeared to support the argument that the char- acteristics of a ' good manager ' would vary depending on the wider ...
... appeared to vary , sometimes in un- expected ways , for managers at different levels in the hierarchy . The studies also appeared to support the argument that the char- acteristics of a ' good manager ' would vary depending on the wider ...
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... appeared to contradict Woodward's work and to question the whole ' technological implica- tions ' approach . Aldrich ( 1972 , 40 ) , for example , concluded on the basis of path analysis of the Aston data that ' rejection of technology ...
... appeared to contradict Woodward's work and to question the whole ' technological implica- tions ' approach . Aldrich ( 1972 , 40 ) , for example , concluded on the basis of path analysis of the Aston data that ' rejection of technology ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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