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AbstractThisarticle examines the work of a number of writers who have attempted critical assessments of management science. Each writer has focused on specific areas that any critical management science would need to consider,viz. the origins of values, relations between organizations and society, the historical development of organizations, and the relationship between management science and developments in the capitalist mode of production. In addition these writers have declined to accept existing modes of organization as given, and have avoided the assumption that management science is inherently, or necessarily, manipulative. Each of the writers, however, has displayed several weaknesses in his analysis: thus Churchman fails to locate the management scientist in the society of which he is a part; Hales has no clear or viable alternative other than to call (in effect) for socialism, and makes the erroneous assumption that managerial strategies are necessarily effective; whilst Whitley too seems to have ‘divested management research of its practical dimension’. In conclusion it is pointed out that the actual effects of managerial strategies must be treated as problematic, since they may be modified by various forms of resistance and class struggle, and that developments in the production process may not necessarily be to the detriment of work

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00906.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00907.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractTheliterature of brainstroming procedures has been examined in order to obtain guidlines for managers in idea‐deficient situations. Various techniques and procedures have developed and are often incorporated into larger systems of managerial problem‐solving. There seem two main reasons for utilizing the processes. The first is as an aid to creativity. The second is as an effective means of amassing ideas. These underlying principles have not been satisfactorily validated in the literature, but use of the technique for the latter, variety generating purpose, may be easier to justify than use as a creativity spurring device. It is suggested that further research is needed into expectations of practitioners and clients of brainstorming sessi

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00908.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00909.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

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AbstractManyjob design studies incorporate a direct measure of individual differences to test the contingency hypothesis of Hulin and Blood. This study examines two basic approaches to the measurement of potential moderators of the relationship between job design and job satisfaction. One method involved independent determination of a work value system, and predicted job satisfaction of subjects in an experimental study on job enlargement. The second method, strength of higher order needs, did not yield the same results as did the first. This difference shows that choice of an operational definition of individual differences affects research findings. For purposes of personnel selection or placement, the work values approach (method one) appears to be more useful than the need strength measure (method two).

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00910.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

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AbstractSeventeenfaculty members at a European business school scored two values tests, L. V. Gordon's S.I.V. and S.P.V. Their scores are compared to those of 372 executive course participants in general, to those of sixteen American participants in particular, and to those of participants who were rated by the faculty as top performers in class. Results show faculty to differ significantly from participants toward more academic values and less will to manage, and this being a role rather than a nationality difference. Results also show that faculty members evaluate most highly participants with value profiles largely similar to theirs, but higher in ‘Leadership’ and relatively low in ‘Independence’. These data are considered as a demonstration of the type of organizational socialization which businessmen undergo when they participate in a campus

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00911.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

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AbstractThisempirical study seeks to characterize processes of integration in complex organizations. The need for integration is examined initially in terms of the ideas of Weber, Pugh et al., Child, Lawrence and Lorch, and Pettigrew. Subsequently integration is related to a system's view of the problem of organizational control that underlines how the environment tends to both ‘fractionalize’ and ‘factionalize’ an organizational decision‐making system. The integrative task is then represented in terms of processes that seek to effect stable combinations of interrelationships between differntiated sub‐units.The evidence is presented in the form of a series of cases and incidents obtained during a one‐year participant observation study in a large multi‐national company. The research aims to identify ‘contingency’ guidelines in the design of integrative mechanisms by exploring differences in: the characteristics of integrative sub‐systems, the organizational environments in which they operated and the kinds of (intergroup) decision conflicts in which they were engaged. This exploratory study suggests that important conditions include: the identification of the integrative unit members, how ‘ill‐structured’ the decision problems encountered are and the degree of support for integrators that is perceived to be pr

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00912.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

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Books reviewed in this article:THE QUALITY OF WORKING LIFEWork Revolution. By PAUL DICKSONProductiviy Gains Throngh Worklife Improvenent.By EDWARD GLASERHumanising The Workplace.Editd by RICHARD OTTAWAY.The Daily Power Game.By MAUK MULDERINDUSTRY AND SOCIETYBusiness and Society.By KEMPNER, MACHMILLAN and HAWKINSThe Individual, The Enterpruse and The Stat.Edited by R.I. TRICKERFORECASTINGForecasting Methods in Business and Management.By MICHAL FIRTHStatistical Forecasting.By WARREN GILCHRISTForecasting for Businss: metgids abd Applications. By DOUGLAS WOOD and ROBERT FILDESMANAGEMENT IN THE ARMED FORCESmanagement in the Armed Forces: an anatomy of th military profession.By JOHN DOWNEYINFLATION ACCOUNTINGEconomic Calculation under Inflation.Edited by HELEN E. SCHULTZPRODUCTION CONTROL AND PROJECT PLANNINGProduction Control in EngineringBy D.K. CORKEProduct Planning.By MERLIN STONEBOOKS RECEIVEDHealth Care in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.By Michael KaserMorals and Politics.By William AshThe Sociology of Power.By Rodrick MartinExecutive and Managment Devlopment for Business and Government.By Agnes O. HansonPutting the Corporate Board to Work.By Countney C. BrownMathematical Statistical and Financial Tabls for the Social Scinces.Modern Business Administration.By Robert C. ApplebyEpidmiology and Health.By Walthr W. Holland and Susi GilderdaleBasic Managment.By Hyler J. Bracey and Audrey Sanford

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00913.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-2380    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00914.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1978

数据来源: WILEY