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 109
... relationship between organisational structure and context using multi - variate methods , findings subsequently described as ' an en- couragingly simple result ' ( Pugh and Hickson 1976 ) . Size , and to a lesser extent ' workflow ...
... relationship between organisational structure and context using multi - variate methods , findings subsequently described as ' an en- couragingly simple result ' ( Pugh and Hickson 1976 ) . Size , and to a lesser extent ' workflow ...
Page 203
... relationship to the organization and those that are largely concerned with the structure of control ' ( Littler 1982 , 37 ) . Thus to the control which can be built into the division of labour and the technology of production must be ...
... relationship to the organization and those that are largely concerned with the structure of control ' ( Littler 1982 , 37 ) . Thus to the control which can be built into the division of labour and the technology of production must be ...
Page 239
... relationship would obviate these difficulties and provide theoretically defensible grounds for con- sidering engineering , banking , the health ' industry ' and so on within a common framework . What all these areas of activity have in ...
... relationship would obviate these difficulties and provide theoretically defensible grounds for con- sidering engineering , banking , the health ' industry ' and so on within a common framework . What all these areas of activity have in ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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