Understanding Organizations: A Sociological Perspective - Softcover

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Provides an account of the various ways of thinking about organisations as they have developed in sociology. Beginning with Max Weber's study of bureaucracies in the early 1900s, this book outlines the research into organisations and discusses the major sociological theories that have been developed. The three main theoretical perspectives that have maintained a prominence in the field from its inception to the present are focused on- rationale, human relations, and system perspectives. Features and Benefits Regards organisations as social entities rather than economic, political or administrative entities Traces important developments Draws extensively on results of research and studies to illustrate the theoretical concepts described

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