A sociology of organisations / J.E.T. Eldridge and A.D. Crombie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eldridge, J. E. T. (John Eric Thomas), author.

Contributor:

Crombie, Alastair D.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Organizations

Routledge Library Editions: Organizations: Theory & Behaviour ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An understanding of the nature and forms of organisation, particularly with reference to industrial societies, is a key area in sociological analysis. This book discusses and explains what concepts to employ and what analytical procedures to adopt as well as conveying a sense of the theoretical and empirical diversity involved in the study of organisations. Among the questions explored are: why do we classify organisations in particular ways and for what purpose? how can on explore the relationships pertaining to an organisation and its environment?

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Part I Introduction; 1. A Sociology of Organisations ?; Part II Organisations: Concepts and Classifications; 2. Defining and Labelling Organisations; (a) The concept of organisation; (b) Labelling organisations; 3. Types of Organisations; (a) Typologies Based on Functions; (b) Typologies Based on Technology; (c) A Typology Based on Regulation; (d) Typologies Based on Structure; (e) Total Institutions as a Type of organisation; Part III Organisations: Missions and Cultures

4. Organisations and Their Missions(a) The organisation as an Entity; (b) Organisation Goals; (c) From Functions to Ideals; (d) Organisational Environments; (e) Institutional Leadership and Strategic Choice; 5. Organisational Cultures; (a) Organisational Space; (b) Organisational Culture; (c) Organisation as an Open System; (d) Dimensions of organisational saIntegration; (e) Organisations in Action; Part IV The Organisational Phenomenon; 6. Organisations and Society: Legacies of Sociological Thought; (a) Herbert Spencer: organisation as Friend and Enemy

(b) Emile Durkheim: organisational Breakdown and Reconstruction(c) Karl Marx: the organisational weapon; (d) Max Weber: Stable and Unstable organisations; 7. Organisations and Society: Thematic Continuities and Cross-currents; (a) Totalitarian organisations; (b) Organisation and the 'iron Law of oligarchy'; (c) Organisations and the Concept of pluralism; Part V Conclusion; 8. Sociologists and Organisations: Critiques and Apologias; (a) The Sociologist as an organisation Man; (b) The Sociologist as Change Agent; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 1974 by Allen & Unwin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 3, 2013).

ISBN:

1-135-93476-2

1-135-93469-X

0-203-54586-9

OCLC:

843642559