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 41
... functions ' of the parts for the maintenance of the whole and showing how form is appropriate for such functions . Two important emphases in Parsons's contributions to this body of social theory are on the role of a common system of ...
... functions ' of the parts for the maintenance of the whole and showing how form is appropriate for such functions . Two important emphases in Parsons's contributions to this body of social theory are on the role of a common system of ...
Page 67
... function of the concept of a socio - technical system is to serve as a frame of reference ' , and ' in its second function ' it ' invokes a body of subordinate concepts and hypotheses to describe and explain the behaviour of enterprises ...
... function of the concept of a socio - technical system is to serve as a frame of reference ' , and ' in its second function ' it ' invokes a body of subordinate concepts and hypotheses to describe and explain the behaviour of enterprises ...
Page 101
... functions of development , production and marketing and had a different ' most critical function ' ( Woodward 1965 , 125-53 ; 1958 , 22-9 ) . In unit production ( e.g. shipbuilding , bespoke tailoring ) the cycle began with marketing ...
... functions of development , production and marketing and had a different ' most critical function ' ( Woodward 1965 , 125-53 ; 1958 , 22-9 ) . In unit production ( e.g. shipbuilding , bespoke tailoring ) the cycle began with marketing ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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