The External Control of Organizations
Subtitle: A Resource Dependence Perspective (Stanford Business Classics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford Business Books
Published: March 26, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780804747899
Subjects: Organizational theory & behaviour; Interorganizational relations; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Social aspects; Management - General; Economics - General; Business & Economics / Management; Organizational Behavior; Industries
First sentence: The central thesis of this book is that to understand the behavior of an organization you must understand the context of that behavior-that is, the ecology of the organization.