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 99
... production system ) were the most important , though not the only , determinant of its organisational structure . The classification of firms according to the nature of their production system proved difficult , eight firms could not be ...
... production system ) were the most important , though not the only , determinant of its organisational structure . The classification of firms according to the nature of their production system proved difficult , eight firms could not be ...
Page 100
... production firms . The firms at the two ends of the scale had higher proportions of skilled manual workers and were ... production ) , in the motor industry ( mass production ) and in oil refining and chemicals ( process production ) ...
... production firms . The firms at the two ends of the scale had higher proportions of skilled manual workers and were ... production ) , in the motor industry ( mass production ) and in oil refining and chemicals ( process production ) ...
Page 101
... production systems emphasised the objectives being pursued by the enterprise which ' controlled and limited ' the techniques of production which could be employed . This emphasis was pursued in the follow - up studies of a sub - sample ...
... production systems emphasised the objectives being pursued by the enterprise which ' controlled and limited ' the techniques of production which could be employed . This emphasis was pursued in the follow - up studies of a sub - sample ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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