Sociological Paradigms and Organisational Analysis: Elements of the Sociology of Corporate LifeThe authors argue in this book that social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four broad paradigms, based upon different sets of meta-theoretical assumptions with regard to the nature of social science and the nature of society. They provide extensive reviews of functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist and radical structuralist paradigms which derive from quite distinct intellectual traditions, and present four mutually exclusive views of the social world. Presented are a number of important contributions to our understanding of sociology and organisational analysis with a historical review and evaluation which provides a framework for appraising future developments in the area of organisational analysis, and suggests the form which some of the developments are likely to take. |
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Page 34
... focus directly upon the deep - seated internal contradictions , others focus upon the structure and analysis of power relationships . Common to all theorists is the view that contemporary society is characterised by fundamental ...
... focus directly upon the deep - seated internal contradictions , others focus upon the structure and analysis of power relationships . Common to all theorists is the view that contemporary society is characterised by fundamental ...
Page 98
... focus upon the whole and sees the parts in their relation to the whole . Gouldner's analysis is important , in that it focuses atten- tion upon interchanges where functional reciprocity may not be symmetrical and thus directs analysis ...
... focus upon the whole and sees the parts in their relation to the whole . Gouldner's analysis is important , in that it focuses atten- tion upon interchanges where functional reciprocity may not be symmetrical and thus directs analysis ...
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... focus upon power allows the radical Weberian to explain how society is integrated through coercion or the domination of particular interest groups . A focus upon contra- diction allows the Marxist theorist to explain social change in ...
... focus upon power allows the radical Weberian to explain how society is integrated through coercion or the domination of particular interest groups . A focus upon contra- diction allows the Marxist theorist to explain social change in ...
Contents
Assumptions about the Nature of Social Science | 1 |
Assumptions about the Nature of Society | 10 |
Four Paradigms | 21 |
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