Organizations: Social Systems Conducting Experiments

by Jan Achterbergh and Dirk Vriens

to do to ensure survival, and (2) principles for designing organizational structures in such a way that they can realize the required functions adequately. In the course of their elaboration, we will show that these principles are general - i.e., that they hold for all organizations. 1.5 Conceptual Background To describe organizations as social systems conducting experiments and to present principles for designing an infrastructure supporting the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642143156
• ISBN13: 9783642143151
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"