Organizations
Douban
James G. March / Herbert A. Simon
overview
This book provides the original and definitive treatments of such fundamental concepts as bounded rationality, attention focus, and problem solving.
contents
List of Figures p. vii
Acknowledgments p. viii
Introduction to the Second Edition p. 1
1 Organizational Behavior p. 20
1.1 The Significance of Organizations as Social Institutions p. 21
1.2 The Literature of Organization Theory p. 23
1.3 Organization of This Book p. 25
1.4 Some Types of Propositions p. 26
1.5 Some Psychological Postulates p. 28
2 "Classical" Organization Theory p. 31
2.1 Taylor's Scientific Management p. 31
2.2 Theories of Departmentalization p. 40
2.3 Operational and Empirical Problems of Classical Administrative Science p. 49
2.4 Conclusion p. 52
3 Motivational Constraints: Intraorganizational Decisions p. 53
3.1 Influence Processes p. 54
3.2 Theories of Bureaucracy p. 55
3.3 Satisfaction and Productivity p. 66
3.4 Motivation to Produce p. 71
3.5 Conclusion p. 101
4 Motivational Constraints: The Decision to Participate p. 103
4.1 The Theory of Organizational Equilibrium p. 103
4.2 The Participants p. 108
4.3 Employee Participation: The Participation Criterion p. 110
4.4 Employee Participation: The General Model p. 112
4.5 Factors Affecting the Perceived Desirability of Movement from the Organization p. 113
4.6 Factors Affecting the Perceived Ease of Movement from the Organization p. 119
4.7 Extension to Other Participants p. 125
4.8 Opportunism and Organizational Survival p. 128
4.9 Conclusion p. 130
5 Conflict in Organizations p. 132
5.1 Individual Conflict p. 133
5.2 Organizational Conflict: Individual Conflict Within an Organization p. 137
5.3 Organizational Conflict: Intergroup Conflict Within an Organization p. 140
5.4 Organizational Reaction to Conflict p. 149
5.5 Interorganizational Conflict p. 152
5.6 Conclusion p. 155
6 Cognitive Limits on Rationality p. 157
6.1 The Concept of Rationality p. 158
6.2 Performance Programs in Organizations p. 163
6.3 Perception and Identifications p. 172
6.4 The Division of Work p. 179
6.5 Communication p. 182
6.6 Organization Structure and the Boundaries of Rationality p. 190
7 Planning and Innovation in Organizations p. 193
7.1 The Concept of Initiation p. 193
7.2 The Process of Innovation p. 197
7.3 The Occasions of Innovation p. 203
7.4 The Elaboration of Programs p. 207
7.5 Organization Level and Innovation p. 215
7.6 The Planning Process p. 221
7.7 Conclusion p. 232
Postscript p. 234
Bibliography p. 236
Numerical Index to Variables p. 276
Index p. 281
