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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Page 124
... emphasis on a single factor was probably mistaken ; it was more appropriate to explore a range of factors , though they might not be unrelated and could possibly be expected to cluster together into a number of distinc- tive patterns ...
... emphasis on a single factor was probably mistaken ; it was more appropriate to explore a range of factors , though they might not be unrelated and could possibly be expected to cluster together into a number of distinc- tive patterns ...
Page 141
... 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 occupations that a ...
... 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 occupations that a ...
Page 230
... 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 . The ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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