Organization in Action

achieve action activities administrative process assessment behavior boundaries boundary-spanning bounded rationality buffering capacity career causal action cause/effect relationships Chapter clients closed system complex organizations components concept constraints contingencies coordination core technologies criteria decision dependent discretionary jobs domain dominant coalition dynamic efficiency employ establish evaluated example expect extent firm geared to complex goals groups highly homogeneous important incorporated individual inducements/contributions industrial inputs institutional instrumental rationality intensive technology involved James G managerial ment modern societies mutual adjustment natural-system norms of rationality occupations operations organization's organizational rationality organizations facing organizations seek outcome preferences output patterns perfect competition positions possible problems production Prop Proposition rationality norms reciprocal interdependence result Robert K satisficing Selznick sequential interdependence Simon social society geared strategy structure subject to rationality task environment task-environment elements technical core technical rationality tion total institution types uncertainty units variables vertical integration