This subject combines two traditionally separate areas of study: the sociology of work and organisational theory, and falls into three parts. After a brief historical introduction, which examines the origins and peculiarities of modern work organisations, we review the main theoretical approaches to organisational life. The final extended section focuses on a selection of critical contemporary issues, including organisational design, new technology, restructuring, flexibility, and organisational culture.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2020.
HD/FL
One session
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Not available to students who have completed 25320 Work Organisations and Bureaucracy or SOC304 Sociology of Work. Organisations and Bureaucracy
. bureaucratisation: organising new work forms . theorising organisations . organisational environments . organisational structure and design . forms of control and regulation . new technology . post bureaucratic organisation: flexibility and change . Japanisation . organisational cultures . engineering identity and commitment
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