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- Organization and Decision
- Organization and Decision
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Organization Theory: The Classical Constructions
- 2 Organization as an Autopoietic System
- 3 Membership and Motives
- 4 The Paradox of Decision-Making
- 5 Time Relations
- 6 Uncertainty Absorption
- 7 Decision Premises
- 8 Decision Programs
- 9 Personnel
- 10 The Organization of Organization
- 11 Structural Change: The Poetry of Reform and the Reality of Evolution
- 12 Technology
- 13 Organization and Society
- 14 Self-Description
- 15 Rationality
- Conclusion: Theory and Practice
- Index
1 - Organization Theory: The Classical Constructions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2018
- Organization and Decision
- Organization and Decision
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Organization Theory: The Classical Constructions
- 2 Organization as an Autopoietic System
- 3 Membership and Motives
- 4 The Paradox of Decision-Making
- 5 Time Relations
- 6 Uncertainty Absorption
- 7 Decision Premises
- 8 Decision Programs
- 9 Personnel
- 10 The Organization of Organization
- 11 Structural Change: The Poetry of Reform and the Reality of Evolution
- 12 Technology
- 13 Organization and Society
- 14 Self-Description
- 15 Rationality
- Conclusion: Theory and Practice
- Index
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- Organization and Decision , pp. 1 - 25Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018