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9780745642338

Business in Society

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  • ISBN13:

    9780745642338

  • ISBN10:

    0745642330

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-06-22
  • Publisher: Polity
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Summary

What's the point of studying business from a social perspective?

Author Biography

Mark Erickson, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton

Harriet Bradley, Professor of Sociology, University of Bristol

Stephen Williams, Principal Lecturer, Human Resource and Marketing Management, University of Portsmouth

Carol Stephenson, Senior Lecturer, University of Northumberia at Newcastle

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. viii
Illustration creditsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Understanding societies: from capitalism to post-industrialismp. 30
Societies and change: globalization and the knowledge-based economyp. 50
The nature of workp. 78
The meaning of workp. 113
Changing organizations?p. 144
Managers, workers and behaviour in organizationsp. 173
Social divisions and inequalitiesp. 199
Work, community and actionp. 233
Conclusion - looking to the futurep. 260
Glossary and abbreviationsp. 272
Referencesp. 284
Indexp. 296
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