Organizations

by March, James G.; Simon, Herbert A.

• ISBN13: 9780631186311
• ISBN10: 063118631X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-05-07
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Everything you ever wanted to know about growing grapes

March and Simon's Organizations has become a classic in the field of organizational management for its broad scope and depth of information. Written by two of the most prominent experts in the field, this book offers invaluable insight on all aspects of organizational culture through deep discussion of organization theory. The definitive reference for topics including bounded rationality, satisficing, inducement/contribution balances, attention focus, uncertainty absorption and more, this seminal text offers authoritative insight with a practical grounding in the field.

Author Biography

James G. March is Professor of Organizational Theory, Emeritus, Graduate School of Business; Professor of International Economics, Emeritus; Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology, School of Humanities and Sciences; Professor of Education, School of Education - Stanford University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction to the Second Edition	p. 1
Organizational Behavior	p. 20
The Significance of Organizations as Social Institutions	p. 21
The Literature of Organization Theory	p. 23
Organization of This Book	p. 25
Some Types of Propositions	p. 26
Some Psychological Postulates	p. 28
"Classical" Organization Theory	p. 31
Taylor's Scientific Management	p. 31
Theories of Departmentalization	p. 40
Operational and Empirical Problems of Classical Administrative Science	p. 49
Conclusion	p. 52
Motivational Constraints: Intraorganizational Decisions	p. 53
Influence Processes	p. 54
Theories of Bureaucracy	p. 55
Satisfaction and Productivity	p. 66
Motivation to Produce	p. 71
Conclusion	p. 101
Motivational Constraints: The Decision to Participate	p. 103
The Theory of Organizational Equilibrium	p. 103
The Participants	p. 108
Employee Participation: The Participation Criterion	p. 110
Employee Participation: The General Model	p. 112
Factors Affecting the Perceived Desirability of Movement from the Organization	p. 113
Factors Affecting the Perceived Ease of Movement from the Organization	p. 119
Extension to Other Participants	p. 125
Opportunism and Organizational Survival	p. 128
Conclusion	p. 130
Conflict in Organizations	p. 132
Individual Conflict	p. 133
Organizational Conflict: Individual Conflict Within an Organization	p. 137
Organizational Conflict: Intergroup Conflict Within an Organization	p. 140
Organizational Reaction to Conflict	p. 149
Interorganizational Conflict	p. 152
Conclusion	p. 155
Cognitive Limits on Rationality	p. 157
The Concept of Rationality	p. 158
Performance Programs in Organizations	p. 163
Perception and Identifications	p. 172
The Division of Work	p. 179
Communication	p. 182
Organization Structure and the Boundaries of Rationality	p. 190
Planning and Innovation in Organizations	p. 193
The Concept of Initiation	p. 193
The Process of Innovation	p. 197
The Occasions of Innovation	p. 203
The Elaboration of Programs	p. 207
Organization Level and Innovation	p. 215
The Planning Process	p. 221
Conclusion	p. 232
Postscript	p. 234
Bibliography	p. 236
Numerical Index to Variables	p. 276
Index	p. 281
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