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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There is no attempt to cover the whole heterogeneous range of empirical questions and materials which commonly feature in books and courses on in- dustrial sociology . My focus , the study of industrial organisations , has always been a ...
There is no attempt to cover the whole heterogeneous range of empirical questions and materials which commonly feature in books and courses on in- dustrial sociology . My focus , the study of industrial organisations , has always been a ...
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What contribution do the parts make to the whole ? ' ( Moore 1979 , 323-4 ) . Explanation is therefore sought through the exploration of the ' functions ' of the parts for the maintenance of the whole and showing how form is appropriate ...
What contribution do the parts make to the whole ? ' ( Moore 1979 , 323-4 ) . Explanation is therefore sought through the exploration of the ' functions ' of the parts for the maintenance of the whole and showing how form is appropriate ...
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General systems theory has been seen as of relevance for the whole range of physical , biological and social sciences but it draws heavily on the organismic analogy . Systems are conceived as ' open ' with the connotation that they ...
General systems theory has been seen as of relevance for the whole range of physical , biological and social sciences but it draws heavily on the organismic analogy . Systems are conceived as ' open ' with the connotation that they ...
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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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