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 47
... formal structure , occupational structure and in- formal structure ; they are abstractions , representing only a partial description of social structure ; must be treated separately for pur- poses of description and analysis ; but are ...
... formal structure , occupational structure and in- formal structure ; they are abstractions , representing only a partial description of social structure ; must be treated separately for pur- poses of description and analysis ; but are ...
Page 53
... formal ' with the ' official ' so that everything not officially prescribed or provided for becomes the ' informal organ- isation ' . This appears to be the usage of ' formal ' and ' informal ' proposed by Roethlisberger and Dickson ...
... formal ' with the ' official ' so that everything not officially prescribed or provided for becomes the ' informal organ- isation ' . This appears to be the usage of ' formal ' and ' informal ' proposed by Roethlisberger and Dickson ...
Page 54
... formal and the informal ( each may be both ' functional ' and ' dysfunctional ' ) also makes it impossible to equate the ' informal ' with the deviant or pathological . Even as a continuum rather than as a dichotomy , however , the formal ...
... formal and the informal ( each may be both ' functional ' and ' dysfunctional ' ) also makes it impossible to equate the ' informal ' with the deviant or pathological . Even as a continuum rather than as a dichotomy , however , the formal ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 35 |
Context contingency and choice | 97 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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