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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791327503321

Autore

Meyer Marshall W

Titolo

Limits to bureaucratic growth / / Marshall W. Meyer in association with William Stevenson and Stephen Webster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : W. de Gruyter, , 1985

ISBN

3-11-086529-7

Edizione

[Reprint 2013]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

de Gruyter Studies in Organization ; ; 3

De Gruyter studies in organization ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

StevensonWilliam <1948->

WebsterStephen <1954->

Disciplina

350

Soggetti

Public administration

Administrative agencies

Bureaucracy

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

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Concept of Rational Administration -- Chapter 2. The Problem of Bureaucratic Growth -- Chapter 3. The Concept of Organization -- Chapter 4. Models of Bureaucratic Growth -- Chapter 5. Task Environments and the Growth of Bureaucracy -- Chapter 6. The "Liability of Newness" in Public Bureaucracies -- Chapter 7. Structure and Persistence in Organizational Hierarchies -- Chapter 8. The Bureaucratic Structure Hypothesis -- Chapter 9. Alternatives to Bureaucratic Growth -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter