UID:
edocfu_9959232062602883
Format:
1 online resource (204 p.)
ISBN:
1-351-91330-1
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1-315-24752-6
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1-4724-1342-3
Content:
How - as members, customers, voters or patients - do we deal with Organizations: public administrations; universities and schools; hospitals; prisons; political parties; or the military?The systems theory developed by sociologist Niklas Luhmann is among the twentieth century's seminal scientific achievements, commensurate perhaps only with Einstein's theory of relativity, Wittgenstein's philosophy of language, or Freud's analysis of the unconscious.While systems theory is not easily accessible, the subject of organizations offers an opportunity to gain insight into the fecundity of this approa
Note:
"A Gower Book"--Cover.
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First published 2013 by Gower Pub.
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Cover; Contents; About the Author; References; Index; 1 Organizations: What Are They, Actually?; 2 Membership, Goals, and Hierarchies; 3 Machines, Games, and Façades: The Three Aspects of an Organization; 4 Beyond the Iceberg Metaphor: The Possibilities and Limitations of Communicating about Organizations; Annex: A Somewhat Longer Justification for a Brief Introduction into the System Approach
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4724-1341-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315247526
