Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay

by Charles Perrow

Book Overview

A classic text in sociology, Complex Organizations provides a succinct overview of the principal schools of thought of organizational theories, placing each into critical, historical, and cultural... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0075547996
• ISBN13: 9780075547990
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A "Must Read" for Public Administration Students

This is an extremely beneficial reading for those who have a general knowledge base of Organizational Theory. Readers who do not have any organizational theory background may consider the book esoteric. Charles Perrow's critical analysis of organizational theory identifies the general evolution of models of organizational theory and respective influence on the field of organizational theory. The book cites several case examples to help create mental hooks for the basis of each model's origin. Perrow's "Complex Organizations" is dichotomized between the schools of sociology and administration. Organizational theory is not easy to digest but this book is very easy to read and digest in just a few sittings.