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Work Organisations : A Critical Introduction.
Title:
Work Organisations : A Critical Introduction.
Author:
Thompson, Paul.
ISBN:
9781403907653
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Edition:
3rd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (480 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. Studying Organisations: An Introduction -- 2. The Emergence of Large-Scale Organisations -- 3. Taylor, Weber and the Bureaucratisation of the Workplace -- 4. Managing the Human Factor -- 5. Organisations and Environments -- 6. Capital, Labour and the State in a Globalising Era -- 7. Management -- 8. Control: Concepts and Strategies -- 9. Power,Conflict and Resistance -- 10. Gender, Sexuality and Organisations -- 11. New Economy,New Organisations? -- 12. Continuity and Change at Work -- 13. Corporations and Culture: Reinventing Organisation Man? -- Part II -- 14. Understanding Organisational Behaviour: Issues and Agendas -- 15. Masks for Tasks: Perception,Attitudes and Personality -- 16. Learning,Change and Innovation -- 17. Open to Persuasion: Communication and Leadership -- 18. Putting the Pressure On: Stress,Work and Emotion -- 19. Motivation: The Drive for Satisfaction -- 20. From Groups to Teams -- 21. Identity Work -- Part III. Theorising Organisations -- 22. Resources for Orthodoxy -- 23. Critical Alternatives -- 24. Critical Social Psychologies -- 25. Theory,Knowledge and Practice -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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