Title: The dynamics of rules : change in written organizational codes /
Authors: March, James G.; Schulz, Martin, 1955-; Zhou, Xueguang.; Schulz, Martin, 1955 December 13-; Zhou, Xueguang, 1959-
Publisher: Stanford University Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Stanford University By-laws.; Stanford University Administration.; Organizational change United States Case studies.; By-laws United States Case studies.
Abstract: "This study uses qualitative and quantitative data from the history of a specific organization, Stanford University, to develop speculations about the ways in which written rules change. It contributes both to a theory of rules and to theories of organizational decision-making change, and learning. Organizations respond to problems and react to internal or external pressures by focusing attention on existing and potential rules. The creation, modification, or elimination of a rule, then, is a response to events in the outside environment (such as new government regulations) or to events within the organization (such as alterations in internal government structures)."--Jacket.
Contents: Rules in Organizations. Rules at Stanford. Speculating about Rule Dynamics. An Event History Approach. Explaining Patterns of Rule Birth. Explaining Patterns of Rule Change. Regularities in Rule Dynamics. Toward an Understanding of Rules.