LEADER 02813oam 2200649I 450 001 9910790881403321 005 20230808210856.0 010 $a1-351-91330-1 010 $a1-315-24752-6 010 $a1-4724-1342-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315247526 035 $a(CKB)2550000001151958 035 $a(EBL)1566102 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001047610 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12471526 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047610 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11160001 035 $a(PQKB)11751484 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1566102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5293128 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1566102 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10791885 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL571879 035 $a(OCoLC)869793325 035 $a(OCoLC)988386310 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5293128 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL997095 035 $a(OCoLC)1027203486 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001151958 100 $a20180706e20162013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOrganizations $ea systems approach /$fStefan Kuhl ; translated by Philip Schmitz 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (204 p.) 300 $a"A Gower Book"--Cover. 300 $aFirst published 2013 by Gower Pub. 311 $a1-4724-1341-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; About the Author; References; Index; 1 Organizations: What Are They, Actually?; 2 Membership, Goals, and Hierarchies; 3 Machines, Games, and Fac?ades: 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 Approach 330 $aHow - 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 approa 606 $aOrganization 606 $aOrganizational sociology 615 0$aOrganization. 615 0$aOrganizational sociology. 676 $a302.3/5 700 $aKuhl$b Stefan.$0688789 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790881403321 996 $aOrganizations$93674758 997 $aUNINA