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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Their subsequent arguments differ considerably , but I shall argue in Chapter 6 that such an analytical point of ... Some of these debates have taken on a life of their own and given rise to very considerable bodies of literature ...
Their subsequent arguments differ considerably , but I shall argue in Chapter 6 that such an analytical point of ... Some of these debates have taken on a life of their own and given rise to very considerable bodies of literature ...
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These findings made a considerable impact when first pub- lished , especially among teachers of management , but they have also been subject to considerable criticism because of the im- precise specification of certain key concepts like ...
These findings made a considerable impact when first pub- lished , especially among teachers of management , but they have also been subject to considerable criticism because of the im- precise specification of certain key concepts like ...
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orientations to work ' gave the arguments considerable additional force . The design of the project , however , also imposed some limitations on the conclusions which could legitimately be drawn from it , limitations which appeared to ...
orientations to work ' gave the arguments considerable additional force . The design of the project , however , also imposed some limitations on the conclusions which could legitimately be drawn from it , limitations which appeared to ...
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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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