Organizational theory and public policy

Author(s)

• Hall, Richard H.
• Quinn, Robert E.

Bibliographic Information

Organizational theory and public policy

edited by Richard H. Hall and Robert E. Quinn

（Sage focus editions, 63）

Sage Publications, c1983

• pbk.

Note

Sage focus editions ; 63

Includes bibliographies

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Organizations both make and implement policy, and policy is most often directed at organizations. Yet the complex interaction between policy and organization is not often studied. The essays in this volume apply the insights of organization studies to the study of policy. They also deal with political and economic issues that are often passed over by organization studies. The contributors discuss the increasing political influence of large corporations, the limits to rationality in regulation, policy for specific issues such as care for the elderly, and issues of organization theory. Each essay considers the contributions that policy and organization studies can make to these issues.

Table of Contents

Introduction Question - Richard H Hall and Robert E Quinn What is the Connection Between Organizational Theory and Public Policy? PART ONE: ORGANIZATION THEORY AND PUBLIC POLICY: PURPOSE, PROCESS, AND REASON Public Policy and Organizational Theory - Warren F Ilchman and Norman T Uphoff Three R's of Administrative Behavior - Andrew H Van de Ven Rational, Random, and Reasonable (and the greatest of these is reason) Regulation - David P McCaffrey Notes on a Stochastic Process Perspective PART TWO: THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIZATIONS AND THE POLICY PROCESS 'Publicness' and Resource Management Strategies - Barry Bozeman and Jeffery D Straussman Technocratic Corporatism - Wolf V Heydebrand Toward a Theory of Occupational and Organizational Transformation The Corporate Community - Michael Useem Its Social Organization and Political Activity PART THREE: INTERORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS AND THE POLICY PROCESS Public Organizations - Hal G Rainey and H Brinton Milward Policy Networks and Environments State Expansion and Organizational Fields - Paul DiMaggio Trade Association Stability and Public Policy - Udo Staber and Howard Aldrich Interorganizational Communication - W Bruce Bassett and Johannes M Pennings Implications for Public Policy PART FOUR: ORGANIZATIONS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY Organizational Mandates and Client Careers - David E Duffee and John Klofas An Examination of Penal Policy Formal Organizations and Community Primary Groups - Eugene Litwak and Cecilia M Falbe Theory and Policy of Shared Functions as Applied to the Aged The Implementing Organization - Janice M Beyer, John M Stevens, and Harrison M Trice Exploring the Black Box in Public Policy Research PART FIVE: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT OF PERFORMANCE Pondering the Performance Puzzle - John R Kimberly, Fred Norling, and Janet A Weiss Effectiveness in Interorganizational Settings The Competing Values Approach - John Rohrbaugh Evaluation of Innovation and Effectiveness in the Job Service CONCLUSION Environments, Organizations, and Policymakers - Robert E Quinn and Richard H Hall Toward an Integrative Framework

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Details

• NCID: BA00402391
• ISBN:
  • 0803920067
  • 0803920075
• LCCN: 83009704
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Beverly Hills, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: 304 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD38
  • DC19 : 302.3/5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Organization -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Policy sciences -- Addresses, essays, lectures
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00351552