Man and Organization (Routledge Revivals)
The Search for Explanation and Social Relevance
1st Edition
Published on 6. August 2012
266 pages
978-1-136-71624-9 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1973, this volume concentrates upon contemporary issues of a theoretical and methodological nature in the study of organizations. The contributors are concerned with contemporary ways of explaining the sociological role of modern organizations and work within them. They cover questions of understanding employee behaviour, of careers, of industrial relations, and of the future of management and organizations as we know them with a thorough examination of prevailing assumptions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
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Reflowable
File size
1,28 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-71624-9 (9781136716249)
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Content
Part 1: The Search for Explanation 1. Sources of Objectives in Work and Employment Richard Brown 2. Understanding Employee Behaviour in its Context: Illustrations from Productivity Bargaining W. W. Daniel 3. Getting in: The Managed Accomplishment of 'Correct' Selection Outcomes David Silverman and Jill Jones 4. Career and Individual Strategies Roger MansfieldPart 2: Social Relevance 5. The End of Management Colin Fletcher 6. Industrial Conflict: Some Problems of Theory and Method J. E. T. Eldridge 7. Industrial Relations: A Social Critique of Pluralist Theology Alan Fox 8. Organization: A Choice for Man John Child
