Understanding OrganizationsISBN: 978-0-7456-4428-8
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224 pages
December 2010, Polity
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List of Figures and Tables vii
Acknowledgments viii
1 Introducing Organizations 1
What is an organization? 1
The organizational society 8
Key Readings 17
2 Classic Theories of Organizations 19
Weber – bureaucracy and beyond 20
Durkheim and the division of labor in society 28
Karl Marx and the spirit of capitalism 32
Conclusions 37
Key Readings 38
3 Management and Administration 40
How work works 41
Rational systems – Fayol, Ford, Taylor 42
Organizations as human systems 54
Key Readings 60
4 Culture in Organizations 61
What workers want 63
The TVA and the hearts of men 67
What workers feel 69
Bureaucracy as a culture 71
Organizational cultures at work 76
Culture shift 78
Dress for success 81
Conclusions 82
Key Readings 83
5 Organizational Dysfunctions 85
Everyday dysfunction 86
Built-in failures 96
Disasters 99
Key Readings 104
6 Organizations and Environments 105
Defi nitions and assumptions 105
Relations among organizations 111
The neo-institutional model 125
Key Readings 131
7 The Non- profi t Sector 132
Defining the non-profit sector 133
Why is there a non-profit sector? 135
How are NPOs different? 140
Commerce and community at an arts organization 144
The three sectors intersect 145
Key Readings 153
8 Organizing for Social Change 154
Community-based non-profits and the state 155
Social change organizations 161
Key Readings 171
9 What's Next for the Sociology of Organizations? 173
Which way is forward? 173
Organizations are at the heart of sociology 187
Now that you know this . . . 191
Glossary 193
References 198
Index 211