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 94
... tions and used the ideal type as a means of identifying changes within industry or society ; one notable example was ... tion between ' mechanistic ' and ' organic ' systems of management was one of the most important and ...
... tions and used the ideal type as a means of identifying changes within industry or society ; one notable example was ... tion between ' mechanistic ' and ' organic ' systems of management was one of the most important and ...
Page 121
... tions , technology , structure , human resources ) to be adopted . Such choices will be influenced by both the prior ideology of members of the ' dominant coalition ' and subsequently by informa- tion regarding the level of performance ...
... tions , technology , structure , human resources ) to be adopted . Such choices will be influenced by both the prior ideology of members of the ' dominant coalition ' and subsequently by informa- tion regarding the level of performance ...
Page 147
... tions to work and actions or attitudes is therefore inevitably less determinate than in the case of the strongly instrumentally oriented workers in Luton . The point here is not whether orienta- tions have changed under the influence of ...
... tions to work and actions or attitudes is therefore inevitably less determinate than in the case of the strongly instrumentally oriented workers in Luton . The point here is not whether orienta- tions have changed under the influence of ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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