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Organizations : rational, natural, and open systems
- Title
- Organizations : rational, natural, and open systems / W. Richard Scott.
- Author
- Scott, W. Richard.
- Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1987.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Book/Text | Use in library | HM131 .S385 1987 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 377 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 339-361.
- Contents
- Part one. An introduction to organizations : The subject is organizations. Part two. Three perspectives on organizations : Organizations as rational systems -- Organizations as natural systems -- Organizations as open systems -- Combining the perspectives. Part three. Environments, strategies, and structures : Conceptions of environments -- Creating organizations -- Boundary setting and boundary spanning -- Sources of structural complexity : The technical core -- Sources of structural complexity : The peripheral sectors -- Goals, power, and control -- Organizational pathologies -- Organizational effectiveness.
- ISBN
- 0136418201
- 9780136418207
- 0136406653
- 9780136406655
- 0136419771
- 9780136419778
- LCCN
- 86009368
- OCLC
- ocm13525954
- 13525954
- SCSB-8796095
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library