This view attempts to search for procedures that directly achieve goals. However, goals can be specified or inferred and therefore may be hard to analyze. Inferred goals can be found by interviewing personnel or tracing organizational responsibilities but an observer may struggle to find the true motivating factors behind behavior. The Analytical Office - Office Functions View Offices can be defined by a finite set of procedures and functions which people combine to form aggregates. These aggregates, also called higher level functions, manage information, resources and people.
Aggregates are then further combined to achieve goals.
The interpretist office, or segmented institutionalism, states that intergroup conflict is the norm and the organization is viewed as a culture. The office is an unstructured and informal environment of human interaction where a miniature society develops complete with social rules. It is inherently difficult to analyze an office using this perspective since the company is considered to be non-deterministic and political. Any analysis tends to focus on gaining knowledge of the all human interactions in the social setting. The Work Role View studies the office by analyzing a persons duties relating to the performance of a function or task.