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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Page 36
... developed explanations of the structure of industrial organisations and the nature of social relations within them which drew attention to the differences in the ' context ' or ' environment ' within which the organisations operated ...
... developed explanations of the structure of industrial organisations and the nature of social relations within them which drew attention to the differences in the ' context ' or ' environment ' within which the organisations operated ...
Page 107
The researchers col- lected data relating to a considerable number of items relevant to each of these dimensions of structure and context and applicable to all the organisations . They then used item analysis techniques to devise scales ...
The researchers col- lected data relating to a considerable number of items relevant to each of these dimensions of structure and context and applicable to all the organisations . They then used item analysis techniques to devise scales ...
Page 120
Not only is the specification of ' context ' ad hoc and its relation- ship to ' structure ' more problematic than has been recognised but the definition and place of ' environment ' in these studies is also more limited than might have ...
Not only is the specification of ' context ' ad hoc and its relation- ship to ' structure ' more problematic than has been recognised but the definition and place of ' environment ' in these studies is also more limited than might have ...
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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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