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Title Embedding organizations : societal analysis of actors, organizations, and socio-economic context / edited by Marc Maurice, Arndt Sorge
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 2000

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 433 pages)
Series Advances in organization studies, 1566-1075 ; 4
Advances in organization studies ; 4. 1566-1075
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
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 Soci
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-429)
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Subject Economics -- Sociological aspects.
Sociology -- Study and teaching.
Political science -- Study and teaching.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Economics -- Sociological aspects
Political science -- Study and teaching
Sociology -- Study and teaching
Form Electronic book
Author Maurice, Marc
Sorge, Arndt
ISBN 0585462003
9780585462004
9027299803
9789027299802