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 140
... orientations to work . Though they also suggested that the ' instrumental ' orientation to work was more basic than any of the others , because ' all work activity , in industrial society at least , tends to have a basically ...
... orientations to work . Though they also suggested that the ' instrumental ' orientation to work was more basic than any of the others , because ' all work activity , in industrial society at least , tends to have a basically ...
Page 147
... orientations respond in similar ways to different work situations ' ( Daniel 1969 , 368 ) . Goldthorpe was quite right to draw attention to the need for evidence that orientations to work change as a result of experiences at work , if ...
... orientations respond in similar ways to different work situations ' ( Daniel 1969 , 368 ) . Goldthorpe was quite right to draw attention to the need for evidence that orientations to work change as a result of experiences at work , if ...
Page 155
... orientations to work and the broader notion of ' images of society ' ( Lockwood 1966 ; Goldthorpe et al . 1969 , esp . Ch . 5 ) . The use of this latter notion has given rise to extensive debates which in many ways parallel the ...
... orientations to work and the broader notion of ' images of society ' ( Lockwood 1966 ; Goldthorpe et al . 1969 , esp . Ch . 5 ) . The use of this latter notion has given rise to extensive debates which in many ways parallel the ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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