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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Women have become much more prominent in the labour force , in absolute terms and even more so relatively , since the 1960s . Equal pay and equal oppor- tunities have been the subject of legislation and remain issues of public debate .
Women have become much more prominent in the labour force , in absolute terms and even more so relatively , since the 1960s . Equal pay and equal oppor- tunities have been the subject of legislation and remain issues of public debate .
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Or , to give another example , processes of de - skilling and specialisation , in a context where there are also pressures to reduce the size of the labour force , can run counter to the need many managements now recognise for a ...
Or , to give another example , processes of de - skilling and specialisation , in a context where there are also pressures to reduce the size of the labour force , can run counter to the need many managements now recognise for a ...
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As we shall see this distinction between the core and the peripheral labour force is a central feature of more recent discussions of flexibility and the ' flexible firm ' . The core and periphery distinction also applies to relations ...
As we shall see this distinction between the core and the peripheral labour force is a central feature of more recent discussions of flexibility and the ' flexible firm ' . The core and periphery distinction also applies to relations ...
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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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