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Organization and decision /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998 (Author), Baecker, Dirk (Author), Barrett, Rhodes (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Organizational behavior.
Organizational change.
Organizational effectiveness.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Organization theory: the classical constructions
  • Organization as an autopoietic system
  • Membership and motives
  • The paradox of decision-making
  • Time relations
  • Uncertainty absorption
  • Decision premises
  • Decision programs
  • Personnel
  • The organization of organization
  • Structural change: the poetry of reform and the reality of evolution
  • Technology
  • Organization and society
  • Self-description
  • Rationality
  • Conclusion: theory and practice.