This text focuses on recent debates about the contribution which complex organizations have made to the transition from "traditional" to "modern" society, locating these debates in the historical context provided by recurring themes concerning the relationship between the individual and society. Building on this thematic and historical basis, the author moves on to examine contemporary theoretical schools of thought and the research programmes which they have initiated. He also looks at the issues which are currently driving the research agenda - such as technological change, organizational culture and the emergence of new forms of regulation and control - and assesses their longer-term significance for the future development of the field.
- ISBN10 0745007740
- ISBN13 9780745007748
- Publish Date April 1992 (first published 1 April 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 September 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Prentice Hall Europe (a Pearson Education company)
- Imprint Prentice Hall / Harvester Wheatsheaf
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English