Author: Mary Godwyn
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
ISBN: 1412991951
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 769
Book Description
A collection of both classic and contemporary studies of organizations that is designed around competing theoretical frameworks, this book examines organizations with attention to structure and objectives interactions among members and among organizations, the relationship between the organization and its environment, and the social significance or social meaning of the organization.
Sociology of Organizations
Author: Mary Godwyn
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
ISBN: 1412991951
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 769
Book Description
A collection of both classic and contemporary studies of organizations that is designed around competing theoretical frameworks, this book examines organizations with attention to structure and objectives interactions among members and among organizations, the relationship between the organization and its environment, and the social significance or social meaning of the organization.
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
ISBN: 1412991951
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 769
Book Description
A collection of both classic and contemporary studies of organizations that is designed around competing theoretical frameworks, this book examines organizations with attention to structure and objectives interactions among members and among organizations, the relationship between the organization and its environment, and the social significance or social meaning of the organization.
The Sociology of Organizations
Author: Michael J Handel
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761987666
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
In introducing this reader comprising three dozen articles and critiques in organizational sociology, Handel (sociology, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) overviews definitional issues over the term organization as viewed by rational theories and open systems theories. Starting with classic theories of bur
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761987666
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
In introducing this reader comprising three dozen articles and critiques in organizational sociology, Handel (sociology, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) overviews definitional issues over the term organization as viewed by rational theories and open systems theories. Starting with classic theories of bur
Communities and Organizations
Author: Chris Marquis
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1780522843
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Considers how diverse types of communities influence organizations, as well as the associated benefit of developing an accounting for community processes in organizational theory. This title focuses on social proximity and networks that has characterized the work on communities.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1780522843
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Considers how diverse types of communities influence organizations, as well as the associated benefit of developing an accounting for community processes in organizational theory. This title focuses on social proximity and networks that has characterized the work on communities.
Studying Differences Between Organizations
Author: Brayden King
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1848556462
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Presents a comparative analysis as a means to explain and describe organizational heterogeneity, at varying levels and contexts. This title consists of two sections: an introductory essay section and a section that focuses on specific theoretical, methodological and empirical topics.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1848556462
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Presents a comparative analysis as a means to explain and describe organizational heterogeneity, at varying levels and contexts. This title consists of two sections: an introductory essay section and a section that focuses on specific theoretical, methodological and empirical topics.
The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies
Author: Paul S. Adler
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
ISBN: 019953523X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
We live in a society of organisations, organisations which have profound and pervasive effects on our lives at work and beyond. Contemporary society and its organisations are in a period of accelerated, profound change. In this book, leading sociology and organsational scholars consider how 'classic' sociologists can help make sense of change.
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
ISBN: 019953523X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
We live in a society of organisations, organisations which have profound and pervasive effects on our lives at work and beyond. Contemporary society and its organisations are in a period of accelerated, profound change. In this book, leading sociology and organsational scholars consider how 'classic' sociologists can help make sense of change.
Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970-2000
Author: Frank Dobbin
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1849509301
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Between 1970 and 2000, Stanford University enabled and supported an interdisciplinary community of organizations training, research, and theory building. This title summarizes the contributions of the main paradigms that emerged at Stanford in those three decades, and describes the sociological conditions under which this environment came about.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1849509301
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Between 1970 and 2000, Stanford University enabled and supported an interdisciplinary community of organizations training, research, and theory building. This title summarizes the contributions of the main paradigms that emerged at Stanford in those three decades, and describes the sociological conditions under which this environment came about.
Religion and Organization Theory
Author:
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1781906939
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Despite the profound influence that religious organizations exert, religion occupies a curiously marginal place in organization theory. This volume aims to make available in one place existing knowledge on religion and organizations, encouraging more organization theorists to include religion as part of their research activities and agenda.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1781906939
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Despite the profound influence that religious organizations exert, religion occupies a curiously marginal place in organization theory. This volume aims to make available in one place existing knowledge on religion and organizations, encouraging more organization theorists to include religion as part of their research activities and agenda.
Legitimacy Processes in Organizations
Author: Cathryn Johnson
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780762310081
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The purpose of this volume is to produce a collection of articles by leading social psychologists and organizational scholars that focus on legitimacy processes in organizations. Over the last two decades in social psychology within sociology, scholars have developed legitimacy theories that strive to show how legitimacy processes merge into structures. Also, in organizational research, issues of legitimacy processes are of central concern - for example, in neoinstitutional theory. Therefore, it is worthwhile to devote a volume that will address specifically how these legitimacy processes operate in organizations. This collection of papers will accomplish two goals. First, the contributors will have an opportunity to discuss how legitimacy processes contribute to our understanding of how organizations are structured and how they work. In addition, by examining legitimacy processes, the contributors will be able to explore the micro/macro implications of these processes. Second, this volume should stimulate more discussion between social psychologists and organizational researchers on issues of legitimacy and future directions for understanding legitimacy processes.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780762310081
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The purpose of this volume is to produce a collection of articles by leading social psychologists and organizational scholars that focus on legitimacy processes in organizations. Over the last two decades in social psychology within sociology, scholars have developed legitimacy theories that strive to show how legitimacy processes merge into structures. Also, in organizational research, issues of legitimacy processes are of central concern - for example, in neoinstitutional theory. Therefore, it is worthwhile to devote a volume that will address specifically how these legitimacy processes operate in organizations. This collection of papers will accomplish two goals. First, the contributors will have an opportunity to discuss how legitimacy processes contribute to our understanding of how organizations are structured and how they work. In addition, by examining legitimacy processes, the contributors will be able to explore the micro/macro implications of these processes. Second, this volume should stimulate more discussion between social psychologists and organizational researchers on issues of legitimacy and future directions for understanding legitimacy processes.
Organizations Alike and Unlike (RLE: Organizations)
Author: Cornelis Lammers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135938547
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
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 contributes to the theoretical foundations of the sociology of organizations by revealing previously unseen relationships between societies and institutions, offering an original synthesis of available research.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135938547
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
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 contributes to the theoretical foundations of the sociology of organizations by revealing previously unseen relationships between societies and institutions, offering an original synthesis of available research.
Organizational Sociology
Author: W. Richard Scott
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351913336
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
The readings collected in Organizational Sociology are organized so as to direct attention to the six major theoretical traditions which have emerged since the 1960s to guide research and interpretation of organizational structure and performance. The traditions reviewed are: Contingency theory, Resource dependence. Population and Community ecology, Transactions costs economics, Neo-Marxist theory and Institutional Theory. Major statements of each theory are presented together with examples of related empirical research. A concluding section provides examples of recent attempts to combine and integrate two or more of these theories, as analysts attempt to account for some aspects of organization. Rather than pitting one perspective against another, contemporary analysts are more likely to selectively combine elements from several theories in order to better understand the phenomenon of interest.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351913336
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
The readings collected in Organizational Sociology are organized so as to direct attention to the six major theoretical traditions which have emerged since the 1960s to guide research and interpretation of organizational structure and performance. The traditions reviewed are: Contingency theory, Resource dependence. Population and Community ecology, Transactions costs economics, Neo-Marxist theory and Institutional Theory. Major statements of each theory are presented together with examples of related empirical research. A concluding section provides examples of recent attempts to combine and integrate two or more of these theories, as analysts attempt to account for some aspects of organization. Rather than pitting one perspective against another, contemporary analysts are more likely to selectively combine elements from several theories in order to better understand the phenomenon of interest.