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 59
... regarded as providing a basis both for determining ' fair pay ' , and for organising work roles hierarchically into a number of strata , distin- guished by qualitative breaks in the nature of the discretion which is required for their ...
... regarded as providing a basis both for determining ' fair pay ' , and for organising work roles hierarchically into a number of strata , distin- guished by qualitative breaks in the nature of the discretion which is required for their ...
Page 126
... regarded as of crucial explanatory importance . Until the 1960s discussion of these issues tended to focus on trying to identify supposedly universal patterns of needs and expectations . Under the influence of the Human Relations ...
... regarded as of crucial explanatory importance . Until the 1960s discussion of these issues tended to focus on trying to identify supposedly universal patterns of needs and expectations . Under the influence of the Human Relations ...
Page 144
... regarded as relatively unusual in the clarity and strength of their ' instrumental ' orientation to work . Certainly this would be the conclusion to be drawn from Blackburn and Mann's study of the labour market situation of non ...
... regarded as relatively unusual in the clarity and strength of their ' instrumental ' orientation to work . Certainly this would be the conclusion to be drawn from Blackburn and Mann's study of the labour market situation of non ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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