Organizations and Organizational Change

In this chapter, we provide knowledge on the settings in which most decision makers live: formal organizations. This knowledge ranges from general to specific, which means that it varies in its usability; some is generally orienting, some more immediately relevant to decisions and actions. Such a ch...

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Published inUsable Social Science p. 185
Main Authors Neil J. Smelser, John S. Reed
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of California Press 15.09.2012
Edition1
Subjects
Administrative law
Applied sciences
Behavioral sciences
Business
Business administration
Business operations
Business transformation
Consumers
Corporate culture
Corporate governance
Credit risk
Customers
Economic disciplines
Economic regulation
Economics
Engineering
Finance
Financial economics
Financial management
Financial risk
Government
Government bureaucracy
Human behavior
Human populations
Law
Leadership
Nonsystemic risk
Organizational behavior
Organizational change
Organizational culture
Persons
Political risk
Political science
Politics
Population studies
Public administration
Social sciences
System effectiveness
Systems engineering
Usability
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Summary:In this chapter, we provide knowledge on the settings in which most decision makers live: formal organizations. This knowledge ranges from general to specific, which means that it varies in its usability; some is generally orienting, some more immediately relevant to decisions and actions. Such a chapter is mandatory for several reasons: Formal organizations are the preferred social forms in most spheres of life—business, government, medicine, law, religion, academics, and organized labor—even for those who advise organizations, such as management consultant firms. They have also become dominant in voluntary enterprises such as political parties, charities, philanthropies, and social
ISBN:0520273567
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