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 66
... task is seen as more limited than the enterprise's ' mission ' , its overall objective ( Rice 1963 , 13 , 185-94 ) . - Primary tasks can be defined with varying precision , and the more precise the definition , it is argued , the ...
... task is seen as more limited than the enterprise's ' mission ' , its overall objective ( Rice 1963 , 13 , 185-94 ) . - Primary tasks can be defined with varying precision , and the more precise the definition , it is argued , the ...
Page 70
... tasks and a number of workers allocated to each task on the basis of work studies . This resulted in an aggregate of individuals with confused task and role relationships , even though their tasks were inter- dependent . For example ...
... tasks and a number of workers allocated to each task on the basis of work studies . This resulted in an aggregate of individuals with confused task and role relationships , even though their tasks were inter- dependent . For example ...
Page 133
... tasks and -roles which they performed . . . job satis- faction in terms of workers ' experience of their immediate work - tasks and -roles cannot be associated in any direct way with job satisfaction in terms of workers ' attachment to ...
... tasks and -roles which they performed . . . job satis- faction in terms of workers ' experience of their immediate work - tasks and -roles cannot be associated in any direct way with job satisfaction in terms of workers ' attachment to ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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