This reader seeks to develop a distinct identity for the theme of formal organizations in sociological research. It explores diverse organizations such as the civil service, hospitals, schools, cooperatives, business firms, development agencies, and trade unions. INDICE: Introduction: The Rationale for a Sociology of Organziations (Abha and Anil Chaturvedi); SECTION I: ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS; ; 1.: Political Context of Policing in India (D.H. Bayley); 2.: Environmental Change and Organizational Response (S. Manikutty); 3.: Operation Flood:The Questions of Legitimacy (Shanti George); SECTION II: POWER AND POLITICS; 4.: Dynamics of Stakeholder Management: The Doon Valley Experience (Satyesh C.Chakraborty); 6.: BHEL: the Shifting Locus of Decision-making Power (Ravi Ramamurthy); 7.: Co-operatives and Politics (B.S. Baviskar); SECTION III: NORMATIVE COHESION AND CONFLICT; 8.: The Villagers' Organizing Themselves (Ravi J. Mathai); 9.: Ideology and the Cooperative Movement (Sharit Kumar Bhowmik); 10.: Rishi Valley: The Conflict of Ideology (Meenakshi Thapan); SECTION IV: BUREAUCRACY AND BUREAUCRATIC RESPONSE; 11.: Charaka: Evolution of a Bureaucratic Environment (C.M. Reddy); 12.: Inter-Departmental Synamics (Anil Chaturvedi); 13.:Bureaucratic Systems and Environmental Response (Ravi J. Mathai); 14.: Collector's Transfer (Vikalpa); SECTION V: THE CULTURAL TEXTURE OF ORGANIZATIONS; 15.: Social Culture and Organizational Culture (William M. Evan and Fariborz Damanpour); 16.: The Indian Social Milieu (Jai B.P. Sinha); 17.: Khira Trusteeship Projects Limited (Abha Chaturvedi); References and Select Bibliography, Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-806769-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 410
- Fecha Publicación: 29/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés