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Organizations

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ISBN-10: 063118631X

ISBN-13: 9780631186311

Edition: 2nd 1993

Authors: James G. March, Herbert A. Simon

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List price: $43.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/7/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Second Edition
Organizational Behavior
The Significance of Organizations as Social Institutions
The Literature of Organization Theory
Organization of This Book
Some Types of Propositions
Some Psychological Postulates
"Classical" Organization Theory
Taylor's Scientific Management
Theories of Departmentalization
Operational and Empirical Problems of Classical Administrative Science
Conclusion
Motivational Constraints: Intraorganizational Decisions
Influence Processes
Theories of Bureaucracy
Satisfaction and Productivity
Motivation to Produce
Conclusion
Motivational Constraints: The Decision to Participate
The Theory of Organizational Equilibrium
The Participants
Employee Participation: The Participation Criterion
Employee Participation: The General Model
Factors Affecting the Perceived Desirability of Movement from the Organization
Factors Affecting the Perceived Ease of Movement from the Organization
Extension to Other Participants
Opportunism and Organizational Survival
Conclusion
Conflict in Organizations
Individual Conflict
Organizational Conflict: Individual Conflict Within an Organization
Organizational Conflict: Intergroup Conflict Within an Organization
Organizational Reaction to Conflict
Interorganizational Conflict
Conclusion
Cognitive Limits on Rationality
The Concept of Rationality
Performance Programs in Organizations
Perception and Identifications
The Division of Work
Communication
Organization Structure and the Boundaries of Rationality
Planning and Innovation in Organizations
The Concept of Initiation
The Process of Innovation
The Occasions of Innovation
The Elaboration of Programs
Organization Level and Innovation
The Planning Process
Conclusion
Postscript
Bibliography
Numerical Index to Variables
Index