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Author Pfeffer, Jeffrey.

Title The external control of organizations : a resource dependence perspective / Jeffrey Pfeffer and Gerald R. Salancik
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Business Books, [2003]
©2003

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 WATERFT BUSINESS  658.408 Pfe/Eco 2003  AVAILABLE
Description xxxiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Stanford business classics
Stanford business classics.
Contents Acknowledgments and Dedication of the Classic Edition -- Introduction to the Classic Edition -- 1. An External Perspective on Organizations -- 2. Organization and Social Context Defined -- 3. Social Control of Organizations -- 4. The Organizational Environment and How It Is Known -- 5. Managing Organizational Demands: Adaptation and Avoidance -- 6. Altering Organization Interdependence: Controlling the Context of Control -- 7. The Negotiated Environment: Establishing Collective Structures of Interorganizational Action -- 8. The Created Environment: Controlling Interdependence Through Law and Social Sanction -- 9. Executive Succession: A Mechanism for Environmental Effects -- 10. The Design and Management of Externally Controlled Organizations
Notes Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, c1978
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Industries -- Social aspects.
Interorganizational relations.
Author Salancik, Gerald R.
LC no. 2002155238
ISBN 080474789X (paperback: alk. paper)
0804748705