Organizations and Organizing Rational Natural and Open Systems Perspectives 1th edition by Richard Scott ISBN 0131958933 978-0131958937

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ISBN 10:0131958933
ISBN 13: 978-0131958937
Author: Richard Scott

This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations. This book is a valuable tool for the reader, as we are all intertwined with organizations in one form or another. Numerous other disciplines besides sociology are addressed in this book, including economics, political science, strategy and management theory. Topic areas discussed in this book are the importance of organizations; defining organizations; organizations as rational, natural, and open systems; environments, strategies, and structures of organizations; and organizations and society. For those employed in fields where knowledge of organizational theory is necessary, including sociology, anthropology, cognitive psychology, industrial engineering, managers in corporations and international business, and business strategists.

Organizations and Organizing Rational Natural and Open Systems Perspectives 1th Table of contents:

1 The Subject Is Organizations; The Verb is Organizing

The Importance of Organizations

Organizations as an Area of Study

Common and Divergent Interests

The Elements of Organizations

Defining the Concept of Organization

Summary

2 Organizations as Rational Systems

The Defining Characteristics

Selected Schools

Summary and Tentative Conclusions

3 Organizations as Natural Systems

Basic versus Distinctive Characteristics

Selected Schools

Summary and Tentative Conclusions

4 Organizations as Open Systems

System Levels

Special Emphases and Insights

Selected Schools

Summary and Tentative Conclusions

5 Combining Perspectives, Expanding Levels

Attempts at Integration

Glancing Back and Looking Forward

Expanded Levels of Analysis

Theories at the Ecological Level

Concluding Comment

6 Technology and Structure

Organizations as Technical Adaptive Systems

Technology and Structure: Natural System Formulations

Summary

7 Labor and Structure

The Social Boundaries of Organizations

Division of Labor

Labor Markets and Organizational Boundaries

High-Performance Work Organizations

Problems for Participants

Concluding Comments

8 Goals, Power, and Control

Goal Setting in Organizations

Anarchies, Adhocracies, and Learning

Control Systems

Critical and Postmodern Conceptions of Power

Summary

9 The Dyadic Environment of the Organization

Why Are There Organizations, and Where Do They Place Their Boundaries?

Transaction Costs and the Origins of Firms

How Do Organizations Manage Their Relations with Other Organizations?

Resource Dependence and the Negotiated Environment

Summary

10 Organization of the Environment

How Do New Organizations and New Populations of Organizations Arise, and Why Do They Fail?: Ecologic

How Are Organizations Shaped by Broader Social-Political-Cultural Processes?: Institutional Perspect

Summary

11 Networks In and Around Organizations

Introduction: From Metaphor to Method to Worldview

Network Thinking

Interorganizational Networks

Network Forms of Organization

Sectoral and Societal Networks

Summary

12 Strategy, Structure, and Performance: The Sociology of Organizational Strategy

Why Are Organizations in Some Industries More Profitable Than Those in Others?

Organizational Performance

Summary

13 The Rise and Transformation of the Corporate Form

Changing Forms of Organizations

Are Organizations Still the Defining Structures of Society?

Summary

14 Changing Contours of Organizations and Organization Theory

From Unitary to Multiparadigm

From Monocultural to Multicultural Studies

From Present-centered to Longitudinal and Historical Analysis

From Micro- to Macro Units and Levels of Analysis

From Structure to Process

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