Chapter 1: The Subject is Organizations; The Verb is Organizing
Chapter 2: Organizations as Rational Systems
Chapter 3: Organizations as Natural Systems
Chapter 4: Organizations as Open Systems
Chapter 5: Combining Perspectives, Expanding Levels
Chapter 6: Labor and Structure
Chapter 7: Technology and Structure
Chapter 8: Goals, Power, and Control
Chapter 9: The Dyadic Environment of the Organization
Chapter 10: Organization of the Environment
Chapter 11: Strategy, Structure, and Performance: The Sociology of Organizational Strategy
Chapter 12: Networks In and Around Organizations
Chapter 13: The Rise and Transformation of the Corporate Form
Chapter 14: Changing Contours of Organizations and Organization Theory
W. Richard Scott is a professor at Stanford University and is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Organizations: Rational, Natural and Open Systems, which this new book replaces.
Gerald F. Davis is a professor of Management and Organizations in the University of Michigan Business School. He brings extensive knowledge of strategy, social networks and social movements to this new book.
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