1st Edition
Organizations in Action Social Science Bases of Administrative Theory
By James D. Thompson
Copyright 2003
222 Pages
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Routledge
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Organizations act, but what determines how and when they will act? There is precedent for believing that the organization is but an extension of one or a few people, but this is a deceptively simplified approach and, in reality, makes any generalization in organizational theory enormously difficult. Modern-day organizations—manufacturing firms, hospitals, schools, armies, community agencies—are... Read more
PREFACE TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION,
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION: THOMPSON'S BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS, PREFACE, Part One, 1. Strategies for Studying Organizations, 2. Rationality in Organizations, 3. Domains of Organized Action, 4. Organizational Design, 5. Technology and Structure, 6. Organizational Rationality and Structure, 7. The Assessment of Organizations, Part Two, 8. The Variable Human, 9. Discretion and Its Exercise, 10. The Control of Complex Organizations, 11. The Administrative Process, 12. Conclusion, BIBLIOGRAPHY, NAME INDEX, SUBJECT INDEX
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION: THOMPSON'S BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS, PREFACE, Part One, 1. Strategies for Studying Organizations, 2. Rationality in Organizations, 3. Domains of Organized Action, 4. Organizational Design, 5. Technology and Structure, 6. Organizational Rationality and Structure, 7. The Assessment of Organizations, Part Two, 8. The Variable Human, 9. Discretion and Its Exercise, 10. The Control of Complex Organizations, 11. The Administrative Process, 12. Conclusion, BIBLIOGRAPHY, NAME INDEX, SUBJECT INDEX
Biography
James D. Thompson
