{"product_id":"9780415843928","title":"Hierarchy and Organisation : Toward a General Theory of Hierarchical Social Systems (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost people take the conditions they work and live in as a given, believing it to be normal that societies are stratified and that organisations are hierarchical. Many even think that this is the way it should be - and are neither willing nor able to think that it could be otherwise. This book raises the awareness of hierarchy, its complexity and longevity. It focuses on a single but fundamental problem of social systems such as dyads, groups, organisations and whole societies: \u003ci\u003eWhy and how does hierarchical social order persist over time?\u003c\/i\u003e In order to investigate the question, author Thomas Diefenbach develops a general theory of the persistence of hierarchical social order. This theory interrogates the problem of the persistence of hierarchical social order from very different angles, in multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary ways. Even more crucially, it traces the very causes of the phenomenon, the reasons and interests behind hierarchy as well as the various mechanisms which keep it going.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52279368876343,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1354.44,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/9780415843928-1.jpg?v=1783110654","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9780415843928","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}