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 98
... firms only to rather broadly defined categories ( see Woodward 1965 , 10-16 ) . This was the case with regard to ' commercial success ' where , after consideration of a range of information , firms were classified merely as ' average ...
... firms only to rather broadly defined categories ( see Woodward 1965 , 10-16 ) . This was the case with regard to ' commercial success ' where , after consideration of a range of information , firms were classified merely as ' average ...
Page 99
... firms according to the nature of their production system proved difficult , eight firms could not be cate- gorised at all , and , indeed , there are minor differences between the distributions shown in the brief report published in 1958 ...
... firms according to the nature of their production system proved difficult , eight firms could not be cate- gorised at all , and , indeed , there are minor differences between the distributions shown in the brief report published in 1958 ...
Page 196
... firms . Large firms are able to treat a larger proportion of their workers as ' central ' and to use responsible autonomy strat- egies , if they can establish cooperative relations with smaller supplier and distributor firms who provide ...
... firms . Large firms are able to treat a larger proportion of their workers as ' central ' and to use responsible autonomy strat- egies , if they can establish cooperative relations with smaller supplier and distributor firms who provide ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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