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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forms and routines through which the firm was organized and operated ; ( 4 ) facts and figures that could be used to make an assessment of the firm's commercial success ' ( Woodward 1965 , 11 ; and see 1958 , 7–8 ) .
forms and routines through which the firm was organized and operated ; ( 4 ) facts and figures that could be used to make an assessment of the firm's commercial success ' ( Woodward 1965 , 11 ; and see 1958 , 7–8 ) .
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The classification of firms according to the nature of their production system proved difficult , eight firms could not ... By focusing on the objectives of the firm , the methods used to achieve those objectives and the nature of the ...
The classification of firms according to the nature of their production system proved difficult , eight firms could not ... By focusing on the objectives of the firm , the methods used to achieve those objectives and the nature of the ...
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Responsible autonomy ' and ' direct control ' strategies can and do co - exist in the same firm as well as in the same ... or have been made by worker organisation to seem , essential to the firm's long term profits ; this strategy is ...
Responsible autonomy ' and ' direct control ' strategies can and do co - exist in the same firm as well as in the same ... or have been made by worker organisation to seem , essential to the firm's long term profits ; this strategy is ...
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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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