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Information and Organizations: Volume 19

Information and Organizations: Volume 19

Stinchcombe, Arthur L.

Paperback

Series: California Social Choice and Political Economy, Book 19

Business General

ISBN10: 0520067819
ISBN13: 9780520067813
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Jun 11 1990
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
An 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.

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