Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural, and Open System PerspectivesFor 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. |
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... norms or rules governing the distribution and exercise of power and the response to it . In the case of informal groups , we refer to the exercise of power as legitimate to the extent that there emerges a set of norms and beliefs among ...
... norms not only allows a greater measure of control of subordinates by the power wielder but also regulates and circumscribes his or her exercise of power . Emerson ( 1962 ) points out that the emergence of legitimacy norms among ...
... norms may be developed and enforced by persons superior to the power wielder . Indeed , this is one of the primary features of a hierarchy of offices . As Weber states : The principles of office hierarchy and of levels of graded ...