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 96
... situation , and can adapt the working organization and elicit the individual commitment to it for which the situation calls ' ( Burns and Stalker 1961 , 209 ) . In The Management of Innovation Burns and Stalker provide ample evidence of ...
... situation , and can adapt the working organization and elicit the individual commitment to it for which the situation calls ' ( Burns and Stalker 1961 , 209 ) . In The Management of Innovation Burns and Stalker provide ample evidence of ...
Page 137
... situation ; these meanings will then play an important part in determining their behaviour within this situation . - 4 That since the homogeneity in question results from individual choice of employment – that is , from a process of ...
... situation ; these meanings will then play an important part in determining their behaviour within this situation . - 4 That since the homogeneity in question results from individual choice of employment – that is , from a process of ...
Page 146
... situation was on the relationship be- tween the higher earnings offered for the greater volume of work . In contrast , some months later , when the agreement had been reluctantly accepted , it was viewed much more favourably because it ...
... situation was on the relationship be- tween the higher earnings offered for the greater volume of work . In contrast , some months later , when the agreement had been reluctantly accepted , it was viewed much more favourably because it ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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