Organization, Class and Control (RLE: Organizations) (Routledge Library Editions: Organizations)

In this volume the authors develop a systematic and chronologically based critique of the major concepts, figures and schools in organization. Themes discussed include: the development of scientific management and the responses of Gramsci and Lenin to itthe meaning of Mayo and the Human Relations Schoolthe development of typological systems and contingency models of the organizationkey concepts of goals, environment and technology.