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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... secure institutional base . Even since the expansion of higher education in the 1960s there have been problems for those engaged in full - time research arising from insecurity of em- ployment and the lack of a recognised career ...
... secure institutional base . Even since the expansion of higher education in the 1960s there have been problems for those engaged in full - time research arising from insecurity of em- ployment and the lack of a recognised career ...
Page 133
... secure and consumption minded , and many of whom had moved to Luton in search of better housing and well- paid and secure employment . Interviews were conducted with 229 men , all aged between 21 and 46 , married and living with their ...
... secure and consumption minded , and many of whom had moved to Luton in search of better housing and well- paid and secure employment . Interviews were conducted with 229 men , all aged between 21 and 46 , married and living with their ...
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... secure surplus value : ' the dilemma of capitalist control is to secure surplus value while at the same time keeping it hidden ' ( 1985 , 32 ; also 1978 , 260 ) . He suggested that this problem is met , in part , by the institutional ...
... secure surplus value : ' the dilemma of capitalist control is to secure surplus value while at the same time keeping it hidden ' ( 1985 , 32 ; also 1978 , 260 ) . He suggested that this problem is met , in part , by the institutional ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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