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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... problems such as fatigue and monotony , which continued until the late 1940s . The Health of Munitions Workers Committee was succeeded by the Industrial Fatigue Research Board in 1917 ( from 1921 financed through the Medical Research ...
... problems such as fatigue and monotony , which continued until the late 1940s . The Health of Munitions Workers Committee was succeeded by the Industrial Fatigue Research Board in 1917 ( from 1921 financed through the Medical Research ...
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... problems where there is likely to be some perceived benefit for practitioners , or for society at large . However , it is probably true to say that finance as such has not been the most intractable problem . In the earlier part of the ...
... problems where there is likely to be some perceived benefit for practitioners , or for society at large . However , it is probably true to say that finance as such has not been the most intractable problem . In the earlier part of the ...
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... problems of external balance ; the second had no readily accepted label and raised problems of internal equilibrium ; but the two sets of problems were seen as interrelated and interdependent . The human organ- isation of an industrial ...
... problems of external balance ; the second had no readily accepted label and raised problems of internal equilibrium ; but the two sets of problems were seen as interrelated and interdependent . The human organ- isation of an industrial ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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