The Dynamics of Rules
Subtitle: Change in Written Organizational Codes
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: July 31, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780804739962
Subjects: Social theory; Sociology - General; Case studies; Business & Economics; United States; Sociology; Business/Economics; Organizational change; Management - General; Organizational Behavior; Social Science / Sociology / General; Administration; Stanford University; By-laws
First sentence: Although the topic suffers from a drab coloration, speculations about rules and their place in human societies have been common throughout recorded history.
Description: "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)."--BOOK JACKET.