02944oam 2200697I 450 991096343160332120251116193423.01-351-91330-11-315-24752-61-4724-1342-310.4324/9781315247526 (CKB)2550000001151958(EBL)1566102(SSID)ssj0001047610(PQKBManifestationID)12471526(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047610(PQKBWorkID)11160001(PQKB)11751484(MiAaPQ)EBC1566102(MiAaPQ)EBC5293128(Au-PeEL)EBL1566102(CaPaEBR)ebr10791885(CaONFJC)MIL571879(OCoLC)869793325(OCoLC)988386310(Au-PeEL)EBL5293128(CaONFJC)MIL997095(OCoLC)1027203486(OCoLC)1298602147(FINmELB)ELB154131(EXLCZ)99255000000115195820180706e20162013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOrganizations a systems approach /Stefan Kuhl ; translated by Philip Schmitz1st ed.London :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (204 p.)"A Gower Book"--Cover.First published 2013 by Gower Pub.1-4724-1341-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; About the Author; References; Index; 1 Organizations: What Are They, Actually?; 2 Membership, Goals, and Hierarchies; 3 Machines, Games, and Façades: The Three Aspects of an Organization; 4 Beyond the Iceberg Metaphor: The Possibilities and Limitations of Communicating about Organizations; Annex: A Somewhat Longer Justification for a Brief Introduction into the System ApproachHow - as members, customers, voters or patients - do we deal with Organizations: public administrations; universities and schools; hospitals; prisons; political parties; or the military?The systems theory developed by sociologist Niklas Luhmann is among the twentieth century's seminal scientific achievements, commensurate perhaps only with Einstein's theory of relativity, Wittgenstein's philosophy of language, or Freud's analysis of the unconscious.While systems theory is not easily accessible, the subject of organizations offers an opportunity to gain insight into the fecundity of this approaOrganizationOrganizational sociologyOrganization.Organizational sociology.302.3/5Kuhl Stefan.688789Schmitz Philip1847918MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963431603321Organizations4483308UNINA