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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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Book/TextUse in library HM131 .S385 1987Off-site

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Description
xvii, 377 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Organizational sociology
  • Non-governmental organizations
  • Sociology
  • Organizations
  • Sociology
  • sociology
  • 85.05 management and organization: general
  • Non-governmental organizations
  • Organizational sociology
  • Organisation
  • Organisationssoziologie
  • Organisationstheorie
  • Organisatiekunde
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