05468nam 22011415 450 991049588860332120240410065229.01-282-35558-997866123555850-520-90962-30-585-29942-010.1525/9780520909625(CKB)111004366702038(EBL)224532(OCoLC)630528602(SSID)ssj0000178985(PQKBManifestationID)11166930(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178985(PQKBWorkID)10230248(PQKB)10045134(MiAaPQ)EBC224532(OCoLC)45732107(MdBmJHUP)muse30453(DE-B1597)520928(DE-B1597)9780520909625(EXLCZ)9911100436670203820200424h19901990 fg 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrInformation and Organizations /Arthur L. Stinchcombe1st ed.Berkeley, CA :University of California Press,[1990]©19901 online resource (404 p.)California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy ;19Description based upon print version of record.0-520-06781-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-377) and indexes.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Information, Uncertainty, Structure, And Function In Organizational Sociology --2. Individuals' Skills As Information Processing: Charles F. Sabel And The Division Of Labor --3. Manufacturing Information Systems: Sources Of Technical Uncertainty And The Information For Technical Decisions --4. Market Uncertainty And Divisionalization: Alfred D. Chandler's Strategy And Structure --5. Turning Inventions Into Innovations: Schumpeter's Organizational Sociology Modernized --6. Organizing Information Outside The Firm: Contracts As Hierarchical Documents --7. Segmentation Of The Labor Market And Information On The Skill Of Workers --8. Class Consciousness And Organizational Sociology: E. P. Thompson Applied To Contemporary Class Consciousness --9. University Administration Of Research Space And Teaching Loads: Managers Who Do Not Know What Their Workers Are Doing --10. Conclusion --Bibliography --Author Index --Subject IndexAn ambitious new work by a well-respected sociologist, Information and Organizations provides a bold perspective of the dynamics of organizations. Stinchcombe contends that the "information problem" and the concept of "uncertainty" provide the key to understanding how organizations function. In a delightful mix of large theoretical insights and vivid anecdotal material, Stinchcombe explores the ins and outs of organizations from both a macro and micro perspective. He reinterprets the work of the renowned scholars of business, Alfred Chandler, James March and Oliver Williamson, and looks in depth at corporations like DuPont and General Motors. Along the way, Stinchcombe explores subjects as varied as class consciousness, innovation, contracts and university administration. All of these analyses are distinguished by incisive thinking and creative new approaches to issues that have long confronted business people and those interested in organizational theory. A tour de force, Information and Organizations is a must-read for business people and scholars of many stripes. It promises to be a widely discussed and debated work.California series on social choice and political economy ;volume 19.UncertaintyManagement information systemsOrganizational behaviorIndustrial organizationIndustrial sociologyalfred chandler.artisans.business and industry.business.capitalism.centralization.certainty.consumers.cost reduction.decentralization.division of labor.divisionalization.dupont.general motors.industrial revolution.information systems.innovation.james march.macroeconomics.market forces.mass production.microeconomics.monopoly.nonfiction.oliver williamson.organizational structure.organizational theory.organizations.political science.professionals.sears.social science.uncertainty.wholesaling.workers.Uncertainty.Management information systems.Organizational behavior.Industrial organization.Industrial sociology.658.4/038658.403Stinchcombe Arthur L.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut143200DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910495888603321Information and Organizations2865566UNINA