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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Page 135
about work were not important to workers whose prime interest in their jobs was with the level of material rewards it offered ; and although technology influenced the tasks workers had to perform , it was not associated with variations ...
about work were not important to workers whose prime interest in their jobs was with the level of material rewards it offered ; and although technology influenced the tasks workers had to perform , it was not associated with variations ...
Page 146
In contrast , some months later , when the agreement had been reluctantly accepted , it was viewed much more favourably because it had led to welcome improvements in job interest and satisfaction and day - to - day relationships at work ...
In contrast , some months later , when the agreement had been reluctantly accepted , it was viewed much more favourably because it had led to welcome improvements in job interest and satisfaction and day - to - day relationships at work ...
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Despite the acknowledgement of inherent differences of interest it is implied that there is an underlying normative consensus , a position - as Fox points out - compatible with at least some versions of normative functionalism ( Fox ...
Despite the acknowledgement of inherent differences of interest it is implied that there is an underlying normative consensus , a position - as Fox points out - compatible with at least some versions of normative functionalism ( Fox ...
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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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