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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and on physiological pro- cesses such as the development and relief of fatigue , appeared mistaken in view of the failures to establish any relationship between levels of lighting , or changes in hours of work and the introduction of ...
and on physiological pro- cesses such as the development and relief of fatigue , appeared mistaken in view of the failures to establish any relationship between levels of lighting , or changes in hours of work and the introduction of ...
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An American study which attempted to establish precise relationships between the attributes of particular tasks and the attitudes and behaviour of workers performing them was forced to conclude that the different ' motivational pre- ...
An American study which attempted to establish precise relationships between the attributes of particular tasks and the attitudes and behaviour of workers performing them was forced to conclude that the different ' motivational pre- ...
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Major differences in skill may be established uncontroversially ; it takes more skill to drive a Formula One racing car ... To establish a claim to be skilled is to secure material and symbolic resources and advantages in relation to ...
Major differences in skill may be established uncontroversially ; it takes more skill to drive a Formula One racing car ... To establish a claim to be skilled is to secure material and symbolic resources and advantages in relation to ...
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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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