1st Edition

Understanding Industrial Organizations Theoretical Perspectives in Industrial Sociology

By Prof Richard Brown, Richard Brown Copyright 1993
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Chapter 1 Introduction – sociologists and industry; Chapter 2 Systems thinking; Chapter 3 Context, contingency and choice; Chapter 4 Orientation and action; Chapter 5 Labour power and the labour process; Chapter 6 Conclusion;

    Biography

    Richard Brown is Professor of Sociology, University of Durham.