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 45
... seen as interrelated and interdependent . The human organ- isation of an industrial plant can be distinguished from its tech- nical organisation ( the arrangement of machinery , materials , etc. ) . The human organisation can be seen as ...
... seen as interrelated and interdependent . The human organ- isation of an industrial plant can be distinguished from its tech- nical organisation ( the arrangement of machinery , materials , etc. ) . The human organisation can be seen as ...
Page 65
... 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 ' ( Emery and Trist 1960 ) ...
... 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 ' ( Emery and Trist 1960 ) ...
Page 193
... seen as derived from a fundamental feature of the employment relationship in that the employer can only buy the worker's capacity to work and has to ensure , over time and in the workplace , that that capacity is realised . As we have seen ...
... seen as derived from a fundamental feature of the employment relationship in that the employer can only buy the worker's capacity to work and has to ensure , over time and in the workplace , that that capacity is realised . As we have seen ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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