A volume from a series on sociologists which considers the work of John Goldthorpe. The first part of the work offers an introduction to Goldthorpe's work, the second offers a set of paired contributions on his work and one free-standing chapter covering the main themes in his writing and the third contains a response to that from the sociologist himself, which concludes with a Popperian commitment to the idea of "consensus and controversy", seeing them as the two modes of communicative action which lie at the very heart of the scientific method. The text ends with biographical details about the contributors and an outline intellectual biography of Goldthorpe.

Product Description: Can you see the humor in Sunday School object lessons and green Jell-O? Then you'll love When High Priests Take Over the Nursery! Beloved LDS cartoonist Jon Clark has been published in the New Era, Sunstone, and other magazines and newspapers...read more

Product Description: First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Written specifically to meet the needs of students, this engaging book interweaves a fascinating case story with more general analysis to offer an ideal introduction to the processes and issues of managing organizational innovation and change. The story covers 10 years in the development of a major strategic initiative by Pirelli General - the creation and operation of an automated `factory of the future'. Each chapter advances the story through a particular theme introduced by concise overviews of the main theories, concepts and debates in the literature, and concludes with questions for discussion. Key topics covered are: strategy and structure - the competitive environment, strategic decision-making, roles, relat

James S. Coleman was one of a distinguished generation of sociology students who passed through the Columbia Sociology Department in the 1940s and `50s. This book critically debates his work and his contribution to society and the social sciences more generally. It consists of 18 major papers by 20 authors from six countries on a range of themes. The volume is framed by an extended editorial introduction reflecting on the five- year exchange of correspondence between James Coleman and the editor, together with two of Coleman's own works.

Product Description: "Automate or Liquidate" has been a popular cry in British industry. In "Technological Change at Work" Ian McLoughlan and Jon Clark focus on automation in its most pervasive contemporary guise - computing and information technologies...read more

Product Description: What role do human resource managers play in the processes of technical change in organizations? What opportunities or constraints are presented by different dimensions of technical change? How does technical change affect such issues as job design, supervision, total quality management, team-working, increased flexibility, skills training and employee involvement? In addressing these central themes and debates, this book provides a systematic analysis of the relations between technical change and human resource management (HRM)...read more

Product Description: This is a volume in a series on leading contemporary sociologists which is devoted to Robert Merton, his work and the influence he has had on contemporary sociological thinking, a set of 21 essays by different contributors on the main themes of his work and a concluding essay written by Merton himself...read more

Product Description: These books assess the contributions made to the field by three eminent, contemporary sociologists: Merton, Giddens, and Goldthorpe. The authors, themselves internationally renowned, provide theoretical analyses of aspects of each of the subject's theories, presented in the main either "positively" or "negatively", in debate format...read more

Product Description: Based on a five-year study of aspects of British Telecom's extensive telephone exchange modernization programme, this book examines the main issues that arise during the introduction of technological change in the workplace.