TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,James D. AU - Zald,Mayer N. AU - Scott,W.Richard TI - Organizations in action: social science bases of administrative theory SN - 070643806 AV - HD31 .T488 1967 PY - 1967/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Organizational behavior N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-177) and indexes; Introduction to the Transaction Edition: Thompson's Bridge Over Troubled Waters; Preface; 1 Strategies for Studying Organizations; 2 Rationality in Organizations; 3 Domains of Organized Action; 4 Organizational Design; 5 Technology and Structure; 6 Organizational Rationality and Structure; 7 The Assessment of Organizations; 8 The Variable Human; 9 Discretion and Its Exercise; 10 The Control of Complex Organizations; 11 The Administrative Process; 12 Conclusion; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index ER -