Understanding Industrial Organisations: Theoretical Perspectives in Industrial SociologyUnderstanding 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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In this section we shall discuss the main ways in which the approach advocated by Goldthorpe and his colleagues has been developed and the main modifications and criticisms which have been proposed . Many of those who investigated or ...
In this section we shall discuss the main ways in which the approach advocated by Goldthorpe and his colleagues has been developed and the main modifications and criticisms which have been proposed . Many of those who investigated or ...
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Categorising orientations to work Goldthorpe and his colleagues saw orientations to work as com- prising a number of different elements which they suggested might typically cluster in certain ways so that it was logically possible and ...
Categorising orientations to work Goldthorpe and his colleagues saw orientations to work as com- prising a number of different elements which they suggested might typically cluster in certain ways so that it was logically possible and ...
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This sort of argument has been devel- oped more generally by Prandy and his colleagues ( 1982 , esp . 78-87 ) who have distinguished between ' wants ' ( ' what individuals would want in some ideal sense ' ) , ' expectations ' ( ' what ...
This sort of argument has been devel- oped more generally by Prandy and his colleagues ( 1982 , esp . 78-87 ) who have distinguished between ' wants ' ( ' what individuals would want in some ideal sense ' ) , ' expectations ' ( ' what ...
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Contents
Systems thinking | 35 |
Context contingency and choice | 97 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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| Title | Understanding Industrial Organisations: Theoretical Perspectives in Industrial Sociology |
| Author | Richard K. Brown |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Routledge, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0415017815, 9780415017817 |
| Length | 280 pages |
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