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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... 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 central concern of industrial ...
... 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 central concern of industrial ...
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... 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 for such functions . Two important ...
... 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 for such functions . Two important ...
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... 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 continue to exist because they exchange materials with their en ...
... 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 continue to exist because they exchange materials with their en ...
Contents
Systems thinking | 39 |
Context contingency and choice | 89 |
Orientation and action | 126 |
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