The sociology of organizations: basic studies

A benchmark reference of 25 articles exploring a variety of classical and current perspectives by theorists ranging from Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Michels, to Peter Blau, Karl Weick and Rosabeth Kanter. Individual entries cover diverse themes such as: the individual in the organization, organization structure, organizations and their environments, public institutions, private industry, women in organizaions, centralization/de-centralization, bureaucracy, and varies forms of organizations in different industries and fields.