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. Understanding industrial organisations This book provides a critical review of the perspectives which have most influenced our understanding of industrial organisations ...
Theoretical Perspectives in Industrial Sociology Richard K. Brown. Understanding industrial organisations This book provides a critical review of the perspectives which have most influenced our understanding of industrial organisations ...
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... understanding the peculiar nature and dynamics of industrial societies , could it remain distinct from a ( general ) sociology of industrial societies ? If a more limited view were to be taken , that it should be concerned with the ...
... understanding the peculiar nature and dynamics of industrial societies , could it remain distinct from a ( general ) sociology of industrial societies ? If a more limited view were to be taken , that it should be concerned with the ...
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... understanding by immediate superiors , and to have an opportunity to participate in and to influence the organisation and direction of work activities and conditions . In the hands of Mayo these ideas were placed in a broader context ...
... understanding by immediate superiors , and to have an opportunity to participate in and to influence the organisation and direction of work activities and conditions . In the hands of Mayo these ideas were placed in a broader context ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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