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 124
As many case studies , and Lupton's comparison of two organisations , had suggested , however , such an apparent emphasis on a single factor was probably mistaken ; it was more appropriate to explore a range of factors , though they ...
As many case studies , and Lupton's comparison of two organisations , had suggested , however , such an apparent emphasis on a single factor was probably mistaken ; it was more appropriate to explore a range of factors , though they ...
Page 141
The type of work where an emphasis on the intrinsic value and importance of the work itself is most likely to occur is that of ' professional ' occupations ( see , for example , Salaman 1974 , 65-75 ) , and it is in connection with such ...
The type of work where an emphasis on the intrinsic value and importance of the work itself is most likely to occur is that of ' professional ' occupations ( see , for example , Salaman 1974 , 65-75 ) , and it is in connection with such ...
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The emphasis on strategic choice as a necessary element in any contingency theory of organisations represents an assertion of the importance of social action in a context where structural factors were receiving overwhelming emphasis .
The emphasis on strategic choice as a necessary element in any contingency theory of organisations represents an assertion of the importance of social action in a context where structural factors were receiving overwhelming emphasis .
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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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