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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Page 45
The human organisation can be seen as consisting of indivi- duals , each with their own experiences , needs and sentiments , but also of the social organisation , the patterns of relations between the individuals and groups who ...
The human organisation can be seen as consisting of indivi- duals , each with their own experiences , needs and sentiments , but also of the social organisation , the patterns of relations between the individuals and groups who ...
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The technological com- ponent is seen as playing a key mediating role in the process of defining the boundary conditions under which a steady state can be achieved and thus the system should be seen as an ' open socio - technical system ...
The technological com- ponent is seen as playing a key mediating role in the process of defining the boundary conditions under which a steady state can be achieved and thus the system should be seen as an ' open socio - technical system ...
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And , as Elger ( 1982 , 45-7 ) points out , much mechanisation ( seen as the basis for a de - skilled and more highly productive labour force ) created semi - skilled rather than unskilled workers , and they had some real power in the ...
And , as Elger ( 1982 , 45-7 ) points out , much mechanisation ( seen as the basis for a de - skilled and more highly productive labour force ) created semi - skilled rather than unskilled workers , and they had some real power in 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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