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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451683703321

Titolo

Organization theory [[electronic resource] ] : from Chester Barnard to the present and beyond / / edited by Oliver E. Williamson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1995

ISBN

0-19-802273-5

1-280-52814-1

1-4294-0614-3

Edizione

[Expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsonOliver E

Disciplina

302.3501

Soggetti

Industrial organization - History

Organizational behavior - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Chester I. Barnard and the Intelligence of Learning; 2. Symbols and Organizations: From Barnard to the Institutionalists; 3. On the Organizational Ecology of Chester I. Barnard; 4. Incentives in Organizations: The Importance of Social Relations; 5. Converging on Autonomy: Anthropology and Institutional Economics; 6. The Politics of Structural Choice: Toward a Theory of Public Bureaucracy; 7. An Economist's Perspective on the Theory of the Firm; 8. Chester Barnard and the Incipient Science of Organization

9. Transaction Cost Economics and Organization TheoryIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This edition contains a new article by Oliver Williamson, entitled ""Transaction Cost Economics and Organization Theory"".