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 22
... ( especially large - scale ) industrial organisations , surely the lesson of research had been that these could not and should not be studied in isolation from the wider institutional context ? Was it satisfactory , in any case , to take ...
... ( especially large - scale ) industrial organisations , surely the lesson of research had been that these could not and should not be studied in isolation from the wider institutional context ? Was it satisfactory , in any case , to take ...
Page 90
... especially Derek Pugh . Indeed notable features of this programme of re- search , especially but not only in the early years , were the enthusi- asm of the leading researchers , the conscious and carefully fostered awareness of ...
... especially Derek Pugh . Indeed notable features of this programme of re- search , especially but not only in the early years , were the enthusi- asm of the leading researchers , the conscious and carefully fostered awareness of ...
Page 233
... especially , economic exi- gencies which industrial organisations have to meet if they are to remain viable as enterprises which produce goods and / or services within the constraints of the market ( s ) and / or the limits of the ...
... especially , economic exi- gencies which industrial organisations have to meet if they are to remain viable as enterprises which produce goods and / or services within the constraints of the market ( s ) and / or the limits of the ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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