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 24
... areas of research are the question of industrial democracy and worker participation ( see the reviews by Ramsay 1982 and Brannen 1983 ) , and a number of the issues relating to trade union membership and government ( discussed by Banks ...
... areas of research are the question of industrial democracy and worker participation ( see the reviews by Ramsay 1982 and Brannen 1983 ) , and a number of the issues relating to trade union membership and government ( discussed by Banks ...
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... area of interest within industrial sociology . In exploring the scope of industrial sociology we have identified a number of areas of difficulty . There is no clear boundary be- tween the study of ' industry ' and the study of ...
... area of interest within industrial sociology . In exploring the scope of industrial sociology we have identified a number of areas of difficulty . There is no clear boundary be- tween the study of ' industry ' and the study of ...
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... areas of deprivation along- side areas of prosperity within cities and regions in spite of the general prosperity in advanced capitalist societies from the late 1940s ' ( 1977a , 3 ) . This led him to look at the different situations of ...
... areas of deprivation along- side areas of prosperity within cities and regions in spite of the general prosperity in advanced capitalist societies from the late 1940s ' ( 1977a , 3 ) . This led him to look at the different situations of ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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