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 54
Woodward ( 1958 , 17 ) suggested that duties and responsibilities were most clearly defined , and written communication most frequent , in large batch and mass production firms in manufacturing industry ; there was less formal ...
Woodward ( 1958 , 17 ) suggested that duties and responsibilities were most clearly defined , and written communication most frequent , in large batch and mass production firms in manufacturing industry ; there was less formal ...
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Somewhat paradoxically , later work by members of the Tavis- tock Institute suggested that the social and psychological benefits derived from the reorganisation of work in the textile and coal mining studies might not be easily ...
Somewhat paradoxically , later work by members of the Tavis- tock Institute suggested that the social and psychological benefits derived from the reorganisation of work in the textile and coal mining studies might not be easily ...
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Formalisation was greater in organisations in the USA , and in Canada than in comparable organisations in Britain where , it was suggested , tradition could be relied upon instead . A possible ' late development effect ' was observable ...
Formalisation was greater in organisations in the USA , and in Canada than in comparable organisations in Britain where , it was suggested , tradition could be relied upon instead . A possible ' late development effect ' was observable ...
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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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