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 74
... environment independently of an enterprise and of any exchanges between it and the environment . Formu- lated at a fairly abstract level , the typology suggests a progression from a ' placid , randomised environment ' ( perfect ...
... environment independently of an enterprise and of any exchanges between it and the environment . Formu- lated at a fairly abstract level , the typology suggests a progression from a ' placid , randomised environment ' ( perfect ...
Page 86
... environment of the enterprise . - The environment as a source of change is , of course , explicitly recognised in open systems approaches . Advocates of such an approach place considerable emphasis on the role of leadership in ...
... environment of the enterprise . - The environment as a source of change is , of course , explicitly recognised in open systems approaches . Advocates of such an approach place considerable emphasis on the role of leadership in ...
Page 121
... environment thought to be particularly important . Such con- siderations point to the critical importance of the ' strategic choices ' taken by the ' dominant coalition ' within an organisation with regard to the goals it will pursue ...
... environment thought to be particularly important . Such con- siderations point to the critical importance of the ' strategic choices ' taken by the ' dominant coalition ' within an organisation with regard to the goals it will pursue ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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