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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Theoretical Perspectives in Industrial Sociology Richard K. Brown. distinctiveness in relation to other subjects within the social sciences . Both Smith and Tréanton and Reynaud began their reviews with reference to Management and the ...
Theoretical Perspectives in Industrial Sociology Richard K. Brown. distinctiveness in relation to other subjects within the social sciences . Both Smith and Tréanton and Reynaud began their reviews with reference to Management and the ...
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... social relations in industry within accounts , though brief ones , of salient characteristics of ' industrial ' or ... relations , there are considerable differences in treatment . Both Watson and Hill , however , focused on the social ...
... social relations in industry within accounts , though brief ones , of salient characteristics of ' industrial ' or ... relations , there are considerable differences in treatment . Both Watson and Hill , however , focused on the social ...
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... social relations 78-9 ; stress 100-1 simple control of firm 198-201 size of organisations 106 , 109 , 111 , 118 , 123 ; see also large ; small skill 215-22 ; defined 216–19 ; measurement of 216-17 ; as power 197 ; tacit 218 skilled ...
... social relations 78-9 ; stress 100-1 simple control of firm 198-201 size of organisations 106 , 109 , 111 , 118 , 123 ; see also large ; small skill 215-22 ; defined 216–19 ; measurement of 216-17 ; as power 197 ; tacit 218 skilled ...
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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