TY - BOOK AU - Scott, Richard W. TI - Organization: rational, natural, and open systems. SN - 013016559 AV - HM786.S3846 PY - 2003/// CY - New Jersey PB - Prentice Halll KW - Sociology N1 - 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 ER -