Sociological paradigms and organisational analysis : elements of the sociology of corporate life.
- Aldershot : Ashgate, 1992, c1979.
- xii, 432 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part1: In search of a framework: 1. Assumptions about the nature of social science. - 2. Assumptions about the nature of society. - 3. Two dimensions: four paradigms. -- Part II: The paradigms explored: 4. Funtionalist sociology. - 5. Functionalist organisation theory. - 6. Interpretive sociology. - 7. The interpretive paradigm and the study of organisations. - 8. Radical humanism. - 9. Anti-organisation theory. - 10. Radical structuralism. - 11. Radical organisation theory. --Part III: Conclusions. -- 12. Future directions: theory and research.