Understanding Industrial Organisations: Theoretical Perspectives in Industrial SociologyUnderstanding 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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The social structure comprised the formal relations between roles , to which were attached responsibility and authority , and status related to where these roles came in the horizontal strata into which the firm could be divided .
The social structure comprised the formal relations between roles , to which were attached responsibility and authority , and status related to where these roles came in the horizontal strata into which the firm could be divided .
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Jaques 1976 , Pts 3 and 4 ) ; and the previously mentioned quest for certainty and clarity regarding roles and role relationships . Commentary There are many aspects of this work which could be discussed in detail , but in the present ...
Jaques 1976 , Pts 3 and 4 ) ; and the previously mentioned quest for certainty and clarity regarding roles and role relationships . Commentary There are many aspects of this work which could be discussed in detail , but in the present ...
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As we saw in previous chapters it has been convincingly argued that the link between technology and the structure of work roles is not as close as had been thought ; both the Tavistock researchers and Child , for example , have made the ...
As we saw in previous chapters it has been convincingly argued that the link between technology and the structure of work roles is not as close as had been thought ; both the Tavistock researchers and Child , for example , have made the ...
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Contents
Systems thinking | 35 |
Context contingency and choice | 97 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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| Title | Understanding Industrial Organisations: Theoretical Perspectives in Industrial Sociology |
| Author | Richard K. Brown |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Routledge, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0415017815, 9780415017817 |
| Length | 280 pages |
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