Download or read book Institutional Patterns and Organizations written by Lynne G. Zucker and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis written by Walter W. Powell and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long a fruitful area of scrutiny for students of organizations, the study of institutions is undergoing a renaissance in contemporary social science. This volume offers, for the first time, both often-cited foundation works and the latest writings of scholars associated with the "institutional" approach to organization analysis. In their introduction, the editors discuss points of convergence and disagreement with institutionally oriented research in economics and political science, and locate the "institutional" approach in relation to major developments in contemporary sociological theory. Several chapters consolidate the theoretical advances of the past decade, identify and clarify the paradigm's key ambiguities, and push the theoretical agenda in novel ways by developing sophisticated arguments about the linkage between institutional patterns and forms of social structure. The empirical studies that follow—involving such diverse topics as mental health clinics, art museums, large corporations, civil-service systems, and national polities—illustrate the explanatory power of institutional theory in the analysis of organizational change. Required reading for anyone interested in the sociology of organizations, the volume should appeal to scholars concerned with culture, political institutions, and social change.
Download or read book Institutional Environments and Organizations written by W. Richard Scott and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1994-04-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The institutional theory of organizations developed by Scott, Meyer and their colleagues over the past two decades has had an enormous impact on organizational theory and research. In this book, the editors review the major theoretical advances of the past decade and the empirical testing they have done on these theories. Their work has highlighted two key themes: the interrelationship between organizational complexity and the institutional environment; and the place of the individual within the organization.
Download or read book Institutions and Organizations written by Trish Reay and published by Perspectives on Process Organi. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Institutions - the structures, practices, and meanings that define what people and organizations think, do, and aspire to - are created through process. They are 'work in progress' that involves continual efforts to maintain, modify, or disturb them. Institutional logics are also in motion, holding varying degrees of dominance that change over time. This volume brings together two streams of thought within organization theory - institutional theory and process perspective - to advocate for stronger process ontology that highlights institutions as emergent, generative, political, and social. A stronger process view allows us to challenge our understanding of central concepts within institutional theory, such as 'loose coupling', 'institutional work', the work of institutional logics on the ground, and institutionalization between diffusion and translation. Enriched with an emphasis on practice and widened by taking a broad view of institutions, this volume draws on the Ninth International Symposium on Process Organization Studies to offer key insights that will inform our thinking of institutions as processes.
Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism written by Royston Greenwood and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 1518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism brings together extensive coverage of aspects of Institutional Theory and an array of top academic contributors. Now in its Second Edition, the book has been thoroughly revised and reorganised, with all chapters updated to maintain a mix of theory, how to conduct institutional organizational analysis, and contemporary empirical work. New chapters on Translation, Networks and Institutional Pluralism are included to reflect new directions in the field. The Second Edition has also been reorganized into six parts: Part One: Beginnings (Foundations) Part Two: Organizations and their Contexts Part Three: Institutional Processes Part Four: Conversations Part Five: Consequences Part Six: Reflections
Download or read book Microfoundations of Institutions written by Patrick Haack and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of microfoundations has received growing interest in neo-institutional theory along with an increasing interest in microfoundational research in disciplines such as strategic management and organizational economics.
Download or read book Seeing Organizational Patterns written by Robert W. Keidel and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Keidel explains that most organizational issues are a balance of three variables: individual autonomy, hierarchical control, and spontaneous cooperation. By learning to frame issues as trade-offs among these design variables, one can see underlying patterns that previously had not been visible - and thereby make more intelligent analyses, choices, and commitments than would otherwise be possible. Seeing Organizational Patterns converts organizational design into an art form of triangular patterns. Featuring vivid examples and consulting-based cases, this book offers a wealth of theoretical insights and practical lessons. Keidel provides a set of conceptual lenses that enables you to see organizations more clearly, systematically, and imaginatively than ever before.
Download or read book Organizations Alike and Unlike RLE Organizations written by Cornelis Lammers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contrasts the life and problems of organizations in many parts of the world and highlights the differences between those societies as reflected in their different institutional sectors such as manufacturing, commerce, social services and government administration. In so doing, the book contributes to the theoretical foundations of the sociology of organizations by revealing previously unseen relationships between societies and institutions, offering an original synthesis of available research.
Download or read book Patterns of Social Organization written by Jonathan H. Turner and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1971 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Families and Work written by Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for for use in upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in social work with the family, social work with the elderly and social work with children.
Download or read book The Power of Organizations written by Heather A. Haveman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How organizations developed in history, how they operate, and how research on them has evolved Organizations are all around us: government agencies, multinational corporations, social-movement organizations, religious congregations, scientific bodies, sports teams, and more. Immensely powerful, they shape all social, economic, political, and cultural life, and are critical for the planning and coordination of every activity from manufacturing cardboard boxes to synthesizing new drugs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To understand our world, we must understand organizations. The Power of Organizations defines the features of organizations, examines how they operate, traces their rise over the course of a millennium, and explains how research on organizations has evolved from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Heather Haveman shows how almost all contemporary research on organizations fits into three general perspectives: demographic, relational, and cultural. She offers constructive criticism of existing research, showing how it can be remade to be both more interesting and influential. She examines how we can use existing theories to understand the changes wrought by digital technologies, and she argues that organizational scholars can and should alter the impact that organizations have on society, particularly societal and global inequality, formal politics, and environmental degradation. The Power of Organizations demonstrates the benefits and dangers of these ubiquitous foundations of modern society.
Download or read book The Organization of Institutional Sectors written by W. Richard Scott and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Institutions and Organizations written by W. Richard Scott and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- Early institutionalists -- Institutional theory meets organization studies -- Crafting an analytic framework I : three pillars of institutions -- Constructing an analytic framework II : content, agency, carriers, and levels -- Institutional construction -- Institutionalization -- Institutional processes and organizations -- Institutional processes and organization fields -- An overview and a caution.
Download or read book Institutional Environments and Organizations written by W. Richard Scott and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1994-04-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The institutional theory of organizations developed by Scott, Meyer and their colleagues over the past two decades has had an enormous impact on organizational theory and research. In this book, the editors review the major theoretical advances of the past decade and the empirical testing they have done on these theories. Their work has highlighted two key themes: the interrelationship between organizational complexity and the institutional environment; and the place of the individual within the organization.
Download or read book Institutional Work written by Thomas B. Lawrence and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a series of essays and empirical case studies exploring the nature of institutional work.
Download or read book Institutional and Organizational Analysis written by Eric Alston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why isn't the whole world developed? This toolkit for institutional analysis explains how rules affect the performance of countries, firms, and even families.
Download or read book The Institutions of the Market written by Alexander Ebner and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book approaches markets as a dynamic ensemble of institutions; and as a set of rules or norms, that contribute to the evolution of social systems of governance, and can be analysed as a structured social system. It tackles such questions as: * Where do markets come from and what drives their evolution? * How do organizations cope with the competitive dynamism of markets? * What is the role of governance mechanisms in the institutional coordination of markets? Using this 'new institutionalist' approach, an international group of leading scholars examine the institutional foundations of economic change. Drawn from an array of disciplines, including Business, Organization Studies, Economics, and Sociology, the contributors address the organizational capabilities of firms, the social structuration of competition, and the diversity of governance mechanisms in the market. Contributors include: Nikolaus Beck, Christophe Boone, Robert Boyer, Alexander Ebner, Neil Fligstein, Henrich R. Greve, John Harriss, Bob Hinings, Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Bob Jessop, Alfred Kieser, Namrata Malhotra, Renate E. Meyer, Richard R. Nelson, Rudolf Richter, Peter Walgenbach, Filippo Carlo Wezel, Sidney G. Winter, and Arjen Van Witteloostuijn.
