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Description

1. 240 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

1. Monograph on theories of bureaucracy and business organization in relation to workers participation in decision making - reviews concepts of bureaucracy put forth in Marxism and by weber and michels as well as administration theory encompassing the perspectives of rationalism, systems, mechanistic and organic structure, and examines aspects of political participation, workers representation, workers self management in Yugoslavia and egalitarian democracy. Bibliography pp. 231 to 236 and flow charts.

Series statement

1. Sage library of social research ; v. 51

Uniform title

1. Organisationsteori. English
2. Sage library of social research ; v. 51.

Alternative title

1. Organisationsteori.

Subject

1. Management
2. Management > Employee participation > Sweden
3. Organization
4. Management > Employee participation
5. Organization and Administration
6. management
7. Organization
8. Management
9. Management > Employee participation
10. Bürokratie
11. Demokratisierung
12. Führung
13. Organisation
14. Bureaucratie
15. Medezeggenschap
16. theory
17. bureaucracy
18. business organization
19. workers participation
20. decision making
21. Marxism
22. political participation
23. workers representation
24. workers self management
25. Bureaucracy > Sweden
26. théorie
27. bureaucratie
28. organisation de l'entreprise
29. participation des travailleurs
30. prise de décision
31. marxisme
32. participation politique
33. représentation des travailleurs
34. autogestion ouvrière
35. teoría
36. burocracia
37. organización de la empresa
38. participación de los trabajadores
39. toma de decisiones
40. marxismo
41. participación política
42. representación de los trabajadores
43. autogestión obrera
44. Sweden
45. Yugoslavia
46. Yougoslavie

Genre/Form

1. bibliography.
2. bibliographie.
3. bibliografía.

Contents

1. Part I: The emergence of bureaucracy: outer forces or inner logic? -- 1. Bureaucracy: some general remarks -- 2. Theories of bureaucracy -- Part II: Administration theory: rationalism and the systems perspective -- 3. "Classical" and "modern" in organization theory -- 4. Theoretical outlooks: rationalism and the systems perspective -- 5. Rationalism and means-ends analysis -- 6. The systems perspective: some basic characteristics -- 7. Mechanistic and organic structures -- 8. The rationalistic perspective: problems and shortcomings -- 9. The systems perspective: problems and shortcomings -- 10. A process model for the study of organizations -- Part III: Participation, self-management, and organizational democracy -- 11. On socio-technical and political participation -- 12. Participation and problems of representative in organizations -- 13. Yugoslavia: participation and self-management -- 14. On participative and egalitarian democracy -- 15. Postscript: the struggle against bureaucracy.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Translation of Organisationsteori.
2. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. 231-236.