'Critically assess labour process theory'

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'Since the appearance of Braverman's Labour and Monopoly Capital, the impact of labour process analysis has been experienced in the fields of industrial sociology, organisational theory, industrial relations, labour economics, politics and business studies' This is an excerpt from the introduction to a book, Labour Process Theory, which was written by David Knights and Hugh Willmott, these two men are very closely associated with UMIST and particularly the MSM. It is for this reason that …

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