Author | : Charles Perrow |
File Size | : 49,5 Mb |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 17 June 1986 |
ISBN | : UVA:X002578935 |
Pages | : 328 pages |
Complex Organizations A Critical Essay by Charles Perrow Book PDF Summary
This classic in organizational theory provides a succinct overview of the principal schools of thought as it presents a critical, sociopsychological, and historical orientation to the field of organizational analysis. Vividly written, with theories made concrete by specific, student-oriented examples, it takes a critical view toward organizations, analyzing their impact on individuals, groups, and society as a whole. New chapters on economic theories of organization and the conditional power theory are among the features of this revised edition.