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Social Theory for Action: How Individuals and Organizations Learn to Change
Social Theory for Action How Individuals and Organizations Learn to Change Author:William Foote Whyte How do individuals, groups and organizations function? Exploring this question in Social Theory for Action, noted sociologist William Foote Whyte develops a comprehensive theory of individual motivation, social interaction and organizational learning by drawing upon half a century of research on social settings, industrial organizations a... more »nd agricultural development. Committed to the concept of participation as a strategy both for organizational functioning and for research, Whyte convincingly demonstrates the efficacy of his views in examples as diverse as Peruvian potato farmers, Spanish work cooperatives and Fortune 500 corporations.This volume is the masterful demonstration of the possibilities inherent in social research connected to social action.« less