Organizations in Action Social Science Bases of Administrative Theory

Name: Organizations in Action Social Science Bases of Administrative Theory
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ISBN: 9780765809919

ISBN-10: 0765809915

ISBN-13: 9780765809919

Edition: 2003

Authors: James D. Thompson, Mayer N. Zald, W. Richard Scott, James Thompson, Mayer Zald

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This work is a multidisciplinary study of the behaviour of complex organizations as entities. It considers individual behaviour only to the extent that it helps explain the nature of organizations. The test offers propositions about the behaviour of organizations.

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Publication date: 4/18/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface to the Transaction Edition


Introduction to the Transaction Edition: Thompson's Bridge Over Troubled Waters


Preface



Strategies for Studying Organizations



Rationality in Organizations



Domains of Organized Action



Organizational Design



Technology and Structure



Organizational Rationality and Structure



The Assessment of Organizations



The Variable Human



Discretion and Its Exercise



The Control of Complex Organizations



The Administrative Process



Conclusion


Bibliography


Name Index


Subject Index