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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Initially there was a period of austerity , lasting from 1945 until the mid - 1950s ( rationing finally ended in 1954 ) , characterised by material shortages and only slowly growing standards of living ; by major economic and social ...
Initially there was a period of austerity , lasting from 1945 until the mid - 1950s ( rationing finally ended in 1954 ) , characterised by material shortages and only slowly growing standards of living ; by major economic and social ...
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Thirdly , using this distinction between economic and non - economic rewards he argued that orientations could be classified ' in terms of the importance attached by the worker to economic and non - economic rewards of various kinds ...
Thirdly , using this distinction between economic and non - economic rewards he argued that orientations could be classified ' in terms of the importance attached by the worker to economic and non - economic rewards of various kinds ...
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... 233 economic cycles 221 economic environment see social institutions and processes economic man 11 , 140 economic rewards of work 140-2 , 146 , 151 Economic and Social Research Council see Social Science Research Council education ...
... 233 economic cycles 221 economic environment see social institutions and processes economic man 11 , 140 economic rewards of work 140-2 , 146 , 151 Economic and Social Research Council see Social Science Research Council education ...
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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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