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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... considered in so far as they impinge on , and in the context of , these attempts to ' understand ' industrial organisations . The discussion is structured around four themes or approaches , each of which contains an important organising ...
... considered in so far as they impinge on , and in the context of , these attempts to ' understand ' industrial organisations . The discussion is structured around four themes or approaches , each of which contains an important organising ...
Page 228
... considered , however , provide some indication of the very different ways in which sociologists have tried to char- acterise organisations and explain the patterns of social relations and social action within them . Other writers have ...
... considered , however , provide some indication of the very different ways in which sociologists have tried to char- acterise organisations and explain the patterns of social relations and social action within them . Other writers have ...
Page 239
... considered within industrial sociology - the nature of industrial organisations , relations between employers and employees , man- agement , work groups , and so on there are enough common features between ( say ) the engineering ...
... considered within industrial sociology - the nature of industrial organisations , relations between employers and employees , man- agement , work groups , and so on there are enough common features between ( say ) the engineering ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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