Routledge Library Editions: Organizations: Theory & Behaviour
The International Yearbook of Organization Studies 1981 (RLE: Organizations)
1st Edition
Edited
By David Dunkerley, Graeme Salaman
February 07, 2017
The diverse topics in this volume bring together developments in the field of organization studies. Although the approaches are by no means undifferentiated the articles share a commitment to a revitalized organizational analysis, an historically based analysis and one which attempts to understand ...
Organisation and Administration for Business (RLE: Organizations)
1st Edition
By Geoffrey Whitehead
January 27, 2017
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to business organisation and administration. Written in a straightforward, readable style this textbook covers all the major aspects of the subject. Starting with the organisational background it goes on to cover the functions of the important ...
Organizational Choice (RLE: Organizations): Capabilities of Groups at the Coal Face Under Changing Technologies
1st Edition
By E. Trist, G. Higgin, H. Murray, A. Pollock
August 04, 2016
This book develops and applies a new approach to the study of the working group and indeed of productive enterprises more generally. Unlike similar studies, in this volume the human is related back to the technological, and it is the socio-technical system as a whole that is the object of study. ...
Organizations Alike and Unlike (RLE: Organizations): International and Inter-Institutional Studies in the Sociology of Organizations
1st Edition
Edited
By Cornelis Lammers, David Hickson
August 04, 2016
This volume contrasts the life and problems of organizations in many parts of the world and highlights the differences between those societies as reflected in their different institutional sectors such as manufacturing, commerce, social services and government administration. In so doing, the book ...
The Sociology of the Workplace (RLE: Organizations)
1st Edition
Edited
By Malcolm Warner
August 04, 2016
This volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach. The study of the workplace is approached from the standpoint of industrial sociology, industrial relations, industrial anthropology and other related disciplines. It includes contributions from economists and psychologists as well as from ...
The Study of Organizations (RLE: Organizations)
1st Edition
By David Dunkerley
July 12, 2016
In this introduction for undergraduate students, the author surveys the development of the study of organizations from an historical point of view. He studies organizations within the framework of the main schools of thought, looks into the various levels of analysis involved, and considers the ...
Company Organization (RLE: Organizations): Theory and Practice
1st Edition
By M . Barnes, A. Fogg, C. Stephens, L. Titman
May 20, 2016
This summary of theory and practice is inspired by the belief that cut and dried solutions to management problems are inappropriate and that every set of circumstances requires a unique synthesis of experience and relevant theories. In this book the authors have reviewed the main texts and theories...
Managing Organizational Change (RLE: Organizations): Human Factors and Automation
1st Edition
By Fred Fallik
May 20, 2016
The United States Internal Revenue Service introduced a multi-million dollar program to automate its operations in the early 1980s. This book describes a multidisciplinary study of the experiences of several thousand users in this program, based primarily on questionnaires, observation and ...
Social Psychology of the Work Organization (RLE: Organizations)
1st Edition
By Arnold Tannenbaum
May 20, 2016
This book discusses social psychological research in organizations and illustrates the implications of this research for organizational theory and practice. The book focuses on the relationship of man to the organization in which he works; his sense of satisfaction, involvement, feelings of ...
Technology and Organization (RLE: Organizations): Power, Meaning and Deisgn
1st Edition
By Harry Scarbrough, J. Corbett
May 20, 2016
In this important MBA text the authors adopt a highly integrated approach. Using the three conceptual lenses of power, meaning and design they explore fully the many different ways in which technology and organizations interact. They highlight the major debates within these competing perspectives ...
The Foreman (RLE: Organizations): Aspects of Task and Structure
1st Edition
By David Dunkerley
May 20, 2016
The foreman is usually regarded as a filter in a chain of command in industrial organizations. In this book, however, the author suggests that this view is not adequate, and he proposes instead a model of analysis which employs a systems perspective. The role of the foreman is seen in terms of the ...
The Sociology of Work (RLE: Organizations): A Critical Annotated Bibliography
1st Edition
By Parvin Ghorayshi
May 20, 2016
This reference volume reflects the changing world of work. It includes research on the various dimensions of work, such as the structure of the labour force, labour market segmentation, technology, employment/unemployment, trade unions, and industrial democracy. This book provides an integrated ...