Institutions and organizations

Author(s)

• Scott, W. Richard

Bibliographic Information

Institutions and organizations

W. Richard Scott

（Foundations for organizational science）

Sage Publications, c2001

2nd ed

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-246) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

`Scott's work provides an excellent introductory guide and will serve as an able companion during initial explorations' - Information Technology & People Thoroughly revised and expanded, Institutions and Organizations provides a comprehensive overview of the institutionalist approach to organization theory. W Richard Scott presents an historical overview of the theoretical literature, an integrative analysis of current institutional approaches, and a review of empirical research related to institutions and organizations. He offers an extensive review and critique of institutional analysis in sociology, political science, and economics as it relates to recent theory and research on organizations.

Table of Contents

Introduction Early Institutionalists Institutional Theory and Organizations Constructing an Analytic Framework I Three Pillars of Institutions Constructing an Analytic Framework II Content, Agency, Carriers and Levels Institutional Construction, Maintenance and Diffusion Institutional Processes Affecting Societal Systems, Organizational Fields, and Organizational Populations Institutional Processes Affecting Organizational Structure and Performance Institutional Change Looking Back, Looking Forward

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA51865207
• ISBN:
  • 0761920005
  • 0761920013
• LCCN: 00011072
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 255 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM786
  • DC21 : 302.3/5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Organizational sociology
  • LCSH : Social institutions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA25936090