
Organizations and Organizing
Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 10. November 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-13-195893-7 (ISBN)
Description
For advanced undergraduate courses on organizations, sociology of organizations, organizations & management, and organization theory. Courses can be found in the departments of sociology, business and public administration departments.
Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural and Open Systems 1/e, covers the early history of organization studies, provides a comprehensive framework for comparing competing theoretical paradigms, and addresses major developments in the most recent decade. Its scholarly yet accessible conceptual framework encourages our diverse scholarly community to come together to consider common issues and problems.
W. Richard Scott is a professor at Stanford University and is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Organizations: Rational, Natural and Open Systems, which this new book replaces. Gerald F. Davis is a professor of Management and Organizations in the University of Michigan Business School. He brings extensive knowledge of strategy, social networks and social movements to this new book.
Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural and Open Systems 1/e, covers the early history of organization studies, provides a comprehensive framework for comparing competing theoretical paradigms, and addresses major developments in the most recent decade. Its scholarly yet accessible conceptual framework encourages our diverse scholarly community to come together to consider common issues and problems.
W. Richard Scott is a professor at Stanford University and is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Organizations: Rational, Natural and Open Systems, which this new book replaces. Gerald F. Davis is a professor of Management and Organizations in the University of Michigan Business School. He brings extensive knowledge of strategy, social networks and social movements to this new book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
670 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-195893-7 (9780131958937)
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W. Richard Scott is a professor at Stanford University and is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Organizations: Rational, Natural and Open Systems, which this new book replaces.
Gerald F. Davis is a professor of Management and Organizations in the University of Michigan Business School. He brings extensive knowledge of strategy, social networks and social movements to this new book.
Gerald F. Davis is a professor of Management and Organizations in the University of Michigan Business School. He brings extensive knowledge of strategy, social networks and social movements to this new book.
Content
Chapter 1: The Subject is Organizations; The Verb is Organizing
Chapter 2: Organizations as Rational Systems
Chapter 3: Organizations as Natural Systems
Chapter 4: Organizations as Open Systems
Chapter 5: Combining Perspectives, Expanding Levels
Chapter 6: Labor and Structure
Chapter 7: Technology and Structure
Chapter 8: Goals, Power, and Control
Chapter 9: The Dyadic Environment of the Organization
Chapter 10: Organization of the Environment
Chapter 11: Strategy, Structure, and Performance: The Sociology of Organizational Strategy
Chapter 12: Networks In and Around Organizations
Chapter 13: The Rise and Transformation of the Corporate Form
Chapter 14: Changing Contours of Organizations and Organization Theory
Chapter 2: Organizations as Rational Systems
Chapter 3: Organizations as Natural Systems
Chapter 4: Organizations as Open Systems
Chapter 5: Combining Perspectives, Expanding Levels
Chapter 6: Labor and Structure
Chapter 7: Technology and Structure
Chapter 8: Goals, Power, and Control
Chapter 9: The Dyadic Environment of the Organization
Chapter 10: Organization of the Environment
Chapter 11: Strategy, Structure, and Performance: The Sociology of Organizational Strategy
Chapter 12: Networks In and Around Organizations
Chapter 13: The Rise and Transformation of the Corporate Form
Chapter 14: Changing Contours of Organizations and Organization Theory