Modern Organizations  (English, Paperback, Amitai Etzioni)

Examines the central problems of organizational reality in relation to a basic dilemma of modern man_the search for instruments that will effectively serve his goals, without governing his life. Deals with legitimate and illegitimate change of goals, the alienation and involvement of participants in an organization, the interaction of information into the organization, and the relation of the organization to community and society.

Table Of Contents

• Rationality and Happiness:
• the Organizational Dilemma
• The Organization Goal:
• Master or Servant? The Classical Approach from Human Relations to the Structuralists
• Bureaucracies:
• Structure and Legitimation
• Organizational Control and Leadership
• Organizational Control and Other Correlates
• Administrative and Professional Authority
• Modern Organization and the Client
• Organization and the Social Environment
• Selected References
• Index