Embedding organizations : societal analysis of actors, organizations, and socio-economic context / edited by Marc Maurice, Arndt Sorge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maurice, Marc.

Sorge, Arndt.

Series:

Advances in organization studies ; 4.

Advances in organization studies ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Sociology--Study and teaching.

Sociology.

Political science--Study and teaching.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The widely discussed 'globalization' of economic activities has given rise to a renewed interest in the relations between such tendencies, the nature and demarcation of societies, and the nature and strategies of various actors and organizations within and cross-cutting societies. One approach to capture and express these themes has been Societal Analysis, initially developed above all to confront the internationally comparative study of work, organization, education and training, industrial relations, business and industrial structures.After twenty-five years of practising and developing Societal Analysis, this book serves to systematize and redefine the approach, and to react to criticism and newly arising issues. It brings together proponents, sympathizers and critics of Societal Analysis. It enters new fields, and contributions are clustered around the enterprise, the economy, theoretical and methodological aspects, public policy and gender issues. The message stressed and demonstrated by the editors and various authors, is that the 'societal space' of social, economic political interdependencies is not being obliterated but complexified, and therefore a topical, useful and indeed necessary explanatory framework.

Contents:

EMBEDDING ORGANIZATIONS

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. General introduction

PART I: THEORY, METHODOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY

Introduction

Chapter 2. The paradoxes of societal analysis: A review of the past and prospects for the future

Chapter 3. The diabolical dialectics of societal effects

Chapter 4. Societal or systems effects?

Chapter 5. Towards a relational approach to the study of the variety in situated creativity of economic actors

Chapter 6. The implications of "societal analysis" for a programme of research

Chapter 7. Theoretical problems in international comparisons

Chapter 8. Positivist, hermeneutical, and postmodern positions in the comparative management debate

PART II: THE ECONOMY

Chapter 9. The contribution of societal analysis to the economic theory of the firm

Chapter 10. Explaining changes in institutional frameworks: Societal patterns of business coordination

PART III: THE ENTERPRISE

Chapter 11. Understanding the globalization strategies of German and British multinational companies

Chapter 12. The evolution of teamwork at Rover: Societal, sectoral and organisational explanations

Chapter 13. The societal effects school and transnational transfer: The case of Japanese investment in Britain

Chapter 14. The transfer of business practices to Britain and France

Chapter 15. Society, organization and work in China

PART IV: GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC SERVICES

Chapter 16. Deregulation and societal systems

Chapter 17. Do we compare societies when we compare national university systems?

Chapter 18. Path dependencies of education systems and the division of labour within organizations

Chapter 19. Reintroducing public action into societal analysis.

PART V: GENDER, THE FAMILY AND WORK ARRANGEMENTS

Chapter 20. Is it time to gender the societal effect?

Chapter 21. Societal comparison and social change of the family division of labour

Chapter 22. Male and female patterns of labour force participation: A comparison between France and Japan

Chapter 23. Conclusions

References

Authors

Advances in Organization Studies.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612255168

9781282255166

1282255169

9789027299802

9027299803

9780585462004

0585462003