LEADER 04129oam 2200637I 450 001 9910462587903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-93469-X 010 $a0-203-54586-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203545867 035 $a(CKB)2670000000357889 035 $a(EBL)1186417 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000909361 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12440051 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000909361 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10922355 035 $a(PQKB)10379085 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1186417 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1186417 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10699337 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL487133 035 $a(OCoLC)843642559 035 $a(OCoLC)842881925 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000357889 100 $a20180706e20131974 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA sociology of organisations /$fJ.E.T. Eldridge and A.D. Crombie 210 1$aOxon [England] :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (391 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge Library Editions: Organizations: Theory & Behaviour ;$vVolume 13 300 $aFirst published in 1974 by Allen & Unwin. 311 $a1-138-98813-8 311 $a0-415-82262-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a4. 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 327 $a(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 330 $aAn understanding of the nature and forms of organisation, particularly with reference to industrial societies, is a key area in sociological analysis. This book discusses and explains what concepts to employ and what analytical procedures to adopt as well as conveying a sense of the theoretical and empirical diversity involved in the study of organisations. Among the questions explored are: why do we classify organisations in particular ways and for what purpose? how can on explore the relationships pertaining to an organisation and its environment? 410 0$aRoutledge Library Editions: Organizations 606 $aOrganizational sociology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOrganizational sociology. 676 $a301.18/32 700 $aEldridge$b J. E. T$g(John Eric Thomas),$0850614 701 $aCrombie$b Alastair D$0894086 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462587903321 996 $aA sociology of organisations$91997256 997 $aUNINA