Social Change in Complex Organization

by Jerald Hage

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394307844
• ISBN13: 9780394307848
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Random House Trade
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

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The author looks at two interrelated entities, complex organizations and how change occurs within them. Due to the complexity, prediction is elusive, but one can view organizations in a structured way even in the midst of change.Five chapters are found in this overview. The book begins with the anatomy of organizations and ends with a discussion on limitations, problems associated with making predictions.Reading a book that was written decades before the field expanded is useful because it helps to see how thinking on the topic has evolved. I recommend this book because it provides a history of the study of organization changes and many of its points are still valid.