A01=Arthur L. Stinchcombe
alfred chandler
artisans
Author_Arthur L. Stinchcombe
business
business and industry
capitalism
Category=KJMD
Category=KJQ
centralization
certainty
consumers
cost reduction
decentralization
division of labor
divisionalization
dupont
eq_bestseller
eq_business-finance-law
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
general motors
industrial revolution
information systems
innovation
james march
macroeconomics
market forces
mass production
microeconomics
monopoly
nonfiction
oliver williamson
organizational structure
organizational theory
organizations
political science
professionals
sears
social science
uncertainty
wholesaling
workers
Product details
- ISBN 9780520067813
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 11 Jun 1990
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
An ambitious new work by a well-respected sociologist, Information and Organizations provides a bold perspective of the dynamics of organizations. Stinchcombe contends that the "information problem" and the concept of "uncertainty" provide the key to understanding how organizations function. In a delightful mix of large theoretical insights and vivid anecdotal material, Stinchcombe explores the ins and outs of organizations from both a macro and micro perspective. He reinterprets the work of the renowned scholars of business, Alfred Chandler, James March and Oliver Williamson, and looks in depth at corporations like DuPont and General Motors. Along the way, Stinchcombe explores subjects as varied as class consciousness, innovation, contracts and university administration. All of these analyses are distinguished by incisive thinking and creative new approaches to issues that have long confronted business people and those interested in organizational theory. A tour de force, Information and Organizations is a must-read for business people and scholars of many stripes. It promises to be a widely discussed and debated work.
Arthur L. Stinchcombe is Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University and author of a number of books, including Stratification and Organization: Selected Papers (1989) and Theoretical Methods in Social History (1978).
