"It is the big enterprises which occupy the strategic centers. Most small businessmen, independents, professionals and even farmers gain their livelihood largely as suppliers or as distributors for the large enterprises. It is the large enterprises which establish the price and wage policies of the nation. The pattern of union-management relations is set by the contracts drawn between big labor and big business. Governmental regulations grow up to harness and channel the economic power and practice of large enterprise. The personnel policies adopted by the large industry become the models for the entire industrial society."
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Miller (1957) "Influence of technology on industry;" As cited in: Arthur G. Bedeian (1980). Organizations: Theory and Analysis : Text and Cases. p. 9. (1984: 8)
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Delbert C. Miller
Delbert C. Miller (November 14, 1913 - June 23, 1998) was an American organizational theorist and Professor of sociology and business administration at Indiana University, Bloomington noted for his work on .
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