Full Description
This volume contrasts the life and problems of organizations in many parts of the world and highlights the differences between those societies as reflected in their different institutional sectors such as manufacturing, commerce, social services and government administration. In so doing, the book contributes to the theoretical foundations of the sociology of organizations by revealing previously unseen relationships between societies and institutions, offering an original synthesis of available research.
Contents
Part 1: Introduction. 1. Towards A Comparative Sociology of Organizations Part 2: Salient Issues. Summary. 2. Grounds for Comparative Organization Theory: Quicksands or Hard Core? 3. For A Study of The Societal Effect: Universality and Specificity in Organization Reseach 4. Organizations and the Social Order: A Pluralist Approach 5. Managerial Incentive Systems and Organizational Theory 6. Hierarchical Power Distance in Forty Countries Part 3: Comparing Organizations in Varying Institutional Settings. Summary. 7. Internal Belief Systems and Ideologies About the Organizational Structure of Church and Industry 8. Continuities in the Study of Organizations: Churches and Local Government 9. Contextual Variables and Bureaucratic Types of Israeli Service Organizations 10. Organizational Control: A Comparison of Authority Systems in US and Nigerian Organizations 11. Organizational Control: A Review of Studies Employing the Control Graph Method Part 4: Comparing Organizations in Varying Societal Settings. Summary. 12. Culture and Organizational Structure and Process: A Comparative Study of Local Government Administrative Bureaucracies in the Walloon and Flemish Regions of Belgium 13. Organization and Managerial Roles in British and West German Companies: An Examination of the Culture-Free Thesis 14. Cultural Context As A Determinant of Organizational Rationality: A Comparison of the Tobacco Industries in Britain and France 15. Structural Differences Between Swedish and US Hospitals 16. Kidney Units: Culture, Structure and Technology 17. Convergence In Organizational Practices: An Empirical Study of Industrial Enterprises in Developing Countries 18. Organizational Role Commitment in the Catholic Church in Spain and the USA 19. Profession, Autonomy and Time Perspective: A Comparative Study of the Rise of the Air Force Weapon Part 5: Conclusions. 20. Methodological Convergences? 21. Are Organizations Culture-Bound? 22. A Cross-National and Cross-Institutional Typology of Organizations.Name Index. Subject Index.
