The External Control of Organizations

The External Control of Organizations
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9780804747899
ISBN-13 : 080474789X
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Book Synopsis The External Control of Organizations by : Jeffrey Pfeffer

Download or read book The External Control of Organizations written by Jeffrey Pfeffer and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores how external constraints affect organizations and provides insights for designing and managing organizations to mitigate these constraints. All organizations are dependent on the environment for their survival. It contends that it is the fact of the organization's dependence on the environment that makes the external constraint and control of organizational behaviour both possible and almost inevitable. Organizations can either try to change their environments through political means or form interorganizational relationships to control or absorb uncertainty.


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