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Contents
THE SUBJECT IS ORGANIZATIONS | 3 |
THE ELEMENTS OF ORGANIZATIONS | 13 |
DEFINING THE CONCEPT OF ORGANIZATION | 19 |
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action activities administrative analysts approach argues arrangements associated attempt attention authority basis become behavior bureaucracy chapter characteristics collective complex concept concerning contributions created criteria decision defined definition departments dependence described determine developed differentiation direct discussed distinctive effectiveness emphasize employed environment evaluation examine example existence expected factors formal forms function given goals groups highly important increasing individual industrial influence interdependence interests larger less managers means measures natural natural system norms noted open systems operations orga organizational organizations participants performance perspective political positions possible principle problems processes production professional rational rational system refers relation relatively response roles rules schools selection situation social society specific structure studies suggest task technical theorists tions types typology uncertainty units variables vary workers
Bibliographic information
| Title | Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems Sociology Series |
| Authors | W. Richard Scott, Richard W. Scott |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Prentice-Hall, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Sep 14, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0136419771, 9780136419778 |
| Length | 381 pages |
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