Organizations and organizing: rational, natural, and open system perspectives

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This book 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.

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Full title :Organizations and organizing : rational, natural, and open system perspectives / W. Richard Scott, Gerald F. Davis.

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Publication Date:©2007.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pearson Prentice Hall
Place of Publication:Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007.

Notes

Rev. of: Organizations / W. Richard Scott. 5th ed. 2003.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 452 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0131958933, 9780131958937, 0132329026, 9780132329026
oclc:ocm70839752
LC Classification:HM786
Dewey Decimal:302.3/5

The subject is organization, the verb is organizing -- Oranizations as rational systems -- Organization as natural systems -- Organisations as open systems -- Combining perspectives, expanding levels -- Technology and structure -- Labor and structure -- Goals, power, and control -- The dyadic environment of the organization -- Organization of the environment -- Networks in and around organizations -- Strategy, structure, and performance, the sociology of organizational strategy -- The rise and transformation of the corporate form -- Changing contours of organizations and organization theory.

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Organisaties Organisationssociologi Organisationsutveckling organizational development Organizational sociology Sociologie Sociologie des organisations Sociology