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# the study of the interaction of people within Industry it includes the study of boss-subordinate, inter-departmental, and management / trade-union relationships´. # Moreover, on a macrosociological scale, it is the study of the impact of Industrialization on whole societies. SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT HUMAN FACTOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPROACH TECHNOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS APPROACH THE THEORY OF SOCIAL ACTION LABOR PROCESS THEORY One important branch of industrial sociology is Labor Process Theory (LPT). In 1976, Harry Braverman wrote ''Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century.'' This book analyzed capitalist productive relations from a Marxist persective. After Marx, Braverman argued that work within capitalist organisations was expoitative and alienating and therefore workers had to be coerced into servitude. Braverman demonstrated several mechanisms of control in both the blue collar and white collar labor force. Braverman's key contribution was in his "deskilling" thesis. Braverman argued that capitalist owners and managers were incessantly driven to deskill the labor force to lower production costs and ensure higher productivity. Deskilled labor is cheap labor. Deskilled labor is easy to control. Braverman's contribution to the sociology of work and industry (i.e., industrial sociology) has been epic. His theories of the labor process continue to inform teaching and research. POST MODERNISM SEE ALSO
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