Abstract
Abstract First published in 1961, this book is a very influential book on organization theory and industrial sociology. The central theme of the book is the relationship between an organization and its environment — particularly technological and market innovations. Based on first-class scholarship, the book presents the now famous and ubiquitous classifications of ‘mechanistic’ and ‘organic’ systems. For this it has become justly famous, but the book is also a penetrating study of social systems within organizations and organizational dynamics.
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Function (biology)Dysfunctional familyGovernment (linguistics)Field (mathematics)BusinessMatching (statistics)Face (sociological concept)Industrial organizationKnowledge managementMarketingComputer scienceSociology
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Tom Burns,
G. M. Stalker
(1994).
The Management of Innovation.
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https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198288787.001.0001
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