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Organization and Bureaucracy - An Analysis of Modern Theories (Hardcover)
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Organization and Bureaucracy - An Analysis of Modern Theories (Hardcover)
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The American Journal of Sociology says of this book "Mouzelis knows
and handles the literature well and accurately brings the reader up
to the early sixties. A summarizer, synthesizer, and historian of
modern theories, he serves his novice well. The more initiated
student of formal organizations will appreciate the critiques of
his favorite theorists: Mouzelis cuts clean and bold. Along with
order, he does add critical insight to his borrowed materials."
This book is a carefully integrated and very straightforward guide
to the labyrinth of theory on organizational phenomena, and surveys
the most important approaches to the study of organizations and the
manner in which these approaches are interrelated. The author's
interest is in showing the successive stages of theory generation
and development in the two major traditions of thought on this
subject, thereby providing a coherent overview of the field, a
method for systematically investigating it, and an unusually
broadening supplement to the standard treatment of organizations in
undergraduate and graduate courses. The author discusses the
writings of such theorists as Marx, Weber, and Michels who, from a
very wide perspective, tried to assess the impact of large-scale
bureaucracy on the power structure of modern society. He also
examines the other tradition of organizational writings that starts
with Taylor and the movement of scientific management. Finally, an
analysis is made of recent theoretical trends that indicate a
certain convergence of the bureaucracy and the managerial lines of
thought. In emphasizing the conceptual frameworks that underlie
organization theory and in showing the dynamics of theory
progression, the author provides students with invaluable
assistance in understanding the levels of theoretical analysis, the
variables to be taken into consideration, and the manner in which
these variables may be accounted for in a systematic manner.
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