Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems

by W. Richard Scott

Book Overview

For advanced undergraduate courses on organizations, sociology of organizations, organizations & management, and organization theory. Courses can be found in the departments of sociology, business and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0132663546
• ISBN13: 9780132663540
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Comprehensive and Open

I can't imagine a better introduction to students of Organizations. The writing is clear, and assumes no background knowledge (I had none). Yet it is a deeply informative and thought-provoking book. A friend of mine in the M & O PhD program at Michigan (Davis' home department) says that you could pass preliminary exams if you memorized (*really* memorized) everything in the book. Unlike most textbooks, Scott and Davis actually locate the "perspectives" in current conversations.

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I bought this Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives a month ago.It come on time. This is a wonderful book for people who are interested in organizational theories.Very fundanmental.

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excellent book for organization researchers

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