国际商务与管理 Business Management A Mulitdisciplinary Approach.pdfVIP

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT A Multidisciplinary Approach A Multi-Dimensional Discipline • The Contribution of Sociology • The Contribution of Anthropology • The Contribution of Psychology • The Contribution of Economics A Multi-Dimensional Discipline • The Contribution of Cultural Studies • The Contribution of Biology • The Contribution of Mathematics • The Contribution of Engineering • The Contribution of the Sciences The Contribution of Sociology • Study of human society, its origins, how it is organised and how people interact The Contribution of Sociology • How people inter-react at work • Effects of different organisational structures on people • Impact of business and management on the wider society The Contribution of Sociology • Process of social change relationships and interactions business organisations are social constructs; don’t exist in natural state; social entities created by people for social purposes. Founders of Modern Sociology • Emile Durkheim Division of labour in society People carry out different but coordinated tasks • Max Weber Structures, hierarchies and authority in organisations • Karl Marx Social relations of production Sociology at Work • Business and society impact each other, eg. Laws governing child labour Societal attitudes toward different social groups • Industrial Sociology How work is organised Workplace conflicts Management-employee relationships Work vs leisure Work and social class Different labour markets Sociology at Work • 1950s 1960s studies done in factory setting, hence industrial sociology • Goldthorpe et al study on the affluent worker “embourgeoisement” phenomenon Rise in incomes of working class employees results in them adopting middle-class values Business behaviour affects class structure So