Scott, Richard W.
Organization: rational, natural, and open systems. / Richard Scott W. - 5th ed. - New Jersey: Prentice Halll, 2003. - xv, 430 p.: ill.; 23cm.
Includes index and references.
Contents: An Introduction to organizations: The subject is organization -- Three perspectives on organizations: Organizations as rational systems -- Organizations as natural systems -- Organizations as open systems -- Combining the perspectives -- 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 components -- Goals, power, and control -- Organizations and society: Organizational pathologies -- Organizational effectiveness.
013016559
Sociology
HM786.S3846
Organization: rational, natural, and open systems. / Richard Scott W. - 5th ed. - New Jersey: Prentice Halll, 2003. - xv, 430 p.: ill.; 23cm.
Includes index and references.
Contents: An Introduction to organizations: The subject is organization -- Three perspectives on organizations: Organizations as rational systems -- Organizations as natural systems -- Organizations as open systems -- Combining the perspectives -- 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 components -- Goals, power, and control -- Organizations and society: Organizational pathologies -- Organizational effectiveness.
013016559
Sociology
HM786.S3846