Firms, Organization and Labour

Approaches to the Economics of Work Organization

  • Frank H. Stephen
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Firm

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Economics and Work Organization
      Frank H. Stephen
      Pages 3-24
    3. The Evolution of the Theory of the Firm
      D. P. O’Brien
      Pages 25-62
    4. O’Brien’s ‘The Evolution of the Theory of the Firm’: a Discussion
      Scott Moss
      Pages 63-68
    5. To Cope with Time
      G. L. S. Shackle
      Pages 69-79
    6. Professor Shackle’s ‘To Cope with Time’: a Discussion
      B. J. Loasby
      Pages 80-83

  3. Organization and Labour

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 85-85
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    2. Efficient Labour Organization
      Oliver E. Williamson
      Pages 87-118
    3. Efficient Labour Organization: Incentives, Power and the Transactions Cost Approach
      James M. Malcomson
      Pages 119-126
    4. A Relational Exchange Perspective on the Employment Relationship
      Victor P. Goldberg
      Pages 127-145
    5. Knowledge and Power
      Stephen A. Marglin
      Pages 146-164
    6. The Power of Knowledge: Comments on Marglin’s ‘Knowledge and Power’
      Maxine Berg
      Pages 165-175
    7. Management Strategies, Market Conditions and the Labour Process
      Andrew L. Friedman
      Pages 176-200
  4. Back Matter
    Pages 201-221
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About this book

Keywords

labour organization organizations

Editors and affiliations

  • Frank H. Stephen
    • 1
  1. 1.University of StrathclydeGlasgowUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06663-6
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1984
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Business & Management Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-06665-0
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-06663-6
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