The logic of organizations /

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Author / Creator:Abrahamsson, Bengt, 1937-
Uniform title:Organisationsteori. English
Imprint:Newbury Park, CA : Sage Publications, c1993.
Description:xviii, 166 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1630161
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ISBN:0803950381
080395039X (pbk.)
Notes:Previously published by Almqvist & Wiksell Förlag AB, c1975, as 'Organisationsteori,' and by Sage Publications, c1977, as 'Beaucracy [sic] or participation.'
Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-162) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. The Emergence Of Bureaucracy: Outer Forces Or Inner Logic?
  • Bureaucracy
  • Some General Remarks
  • Theories of Bureaucracy
  • Part 2. Administration Theory: Rationalism And The Systems Perspective
  • 'Classical' and 'Modern' in Organization Theory
  • Theoretical Outlooks
  • Rationalism and the Systems Perspective
  • Rationalism and Means-End Analysis
  • The Systems Perspective
  • Some Basic Characteristics
  • The Rationalistic Perspective
  • Problems and Shortcomings
  • The Systems Perspective
  • Problems and Shortcomings
  • A Process Model for the Study of Organizations
  • The Struggle Against Bureaucracy
  • Organizational Research and Rationalistic Theory