Organizations in Action: Social Science Bases of Administrative Theory

by James D. Thompson

Book Overview

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 extremely complex in nature, and several strategies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765809915
• ISBN13: 9780765809919
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

For PhD students only

This 1967 book is a clasic in organisational theory. The current key target audience is PhD students in management/OB in business schools, or ditto academics that didn't come across the book during their studies. All others should stay away :)