Organizations : rational, natural, and open systems /
W. Richard Scott.
- 3rd ed.
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J : Prentic-Hall, c1992
- xii, 414 p. ; 23 cm.
The subject is organizations -- Organizations as rational systems -- Organizations as natural systems -- Organizationals as open systems -- Combining the perspectives -- Conceptions of environments -- Creating organizations -- Boundary setting and spanning -- Sources of structural complexity : the technical core -- Sources of structural complexity : the peripheral components -- Goals, power, and control -- Organizational pathologies --Organizational effectiveness.