Sociology for Business: A Practical Approach - Softcover

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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

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This textbook, aimed primarily at business students and practitioners, covers the whole field of sociology in a way directly relevant to the practical needs of business. He starts by asking the practical question of how sociology can assist managers and employees, and moves on to develop a sociological view of business and society.

The book discusses the social context of business and includes case studies from Britain, the USA, Germany and Japan. It includes chapters on the nature of work and industrial relations which contain material on the sociology of trade unions, strikes and work-place democracy. It focuses on people and organizations and explains key terms in organizational theory, the theory of the firm, work motivation, alienation and poor morale.

With further material on changing occupational structures and business enterprises of the future, together with questions, case study and project material at the end of each chapter, Sociology for Business will be the most comprehensive and well organized book available on the sociology of business.