Comparative Studies in Administration
Published on 11. October 2010
241 pages
978-0-8229-7518-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is intended as a contribution to the study of administration. The contributors represent several branches of social and behavioral sciences, including anthropology, economics, industrial management, sociology, and social psychology. The data for the empirical studies were gathered in the United States, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, West Africa, and the Fox Indian society, and from different types of organizations, including manufacturing, mining, shipping, higher education, hospitals, the military, and social welfare agencies.Contributors: Frederick L. Bates; Warren G. Bennis; Frank A. Cassell; Rose Laub Coser; William R. Dill; Frederick H. Harbison; Ernst K\u00f6chling; Walter B. Miller; Stephen A. Richardson; Heinrich C. Ruebmann; Edward J. Thomas; and the editors.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction
- Chapter 1. On the Study of Administration
- Part II. Organizational Comparisons
- Chapter 2. Authority and Power in "Identical" Organizations
- Chapter 3. Organizational Contrasts on British and American Ships
- Chapter 4. Role Conceptions and Organizational Size
- Part III. Environmental Comparisons
- Chapter 5. The Effects on Academic Goods of Their Market
- Chapter 6. Steel Management on Two Continents
- Chapter 7. Two Concepts of Authority
- Part IV. Variations in Process
- Chapter 8. Authority and Decision-Making in a Hospital: A Comparative Analysis
- Chapter 9. Environment as an Influence on Managerial Autonomy
- Part V. Research Frontiers
- Chapter 10. Technology, Organization, and Administration
- Chaper 11. The Functions of Indirection in Communication
- Chapter 12. Strageties, Structures, and Processes of Organizational Decision
- Index
