Approaches to organisation theory

Aiken, M. ; Hage, G. 1971 "The organic organisation and innovation", Sociology 5 (1), jan.: 63-82.

Bertalanffy, L. von 1950a "The theory of open systems in physics and biology ", Science 111: 23-29.

1950b "An outlined general system theory", British journal of philosophical science 1: 134-165.

Bowey, A.M. 1971 "Organisation theory and hospital administration ", The hospital 67 (11).

Brown, W. 1962 Piecework abandoned London, Heinemann.

Buckley, W. 1967 Sociology and modern systems theory Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall.

Burns, T. ; Stalker, G.M. 1961 The management of innovation. London , Tavistock.

Cooper, E.J. 1971 "Beyond functional management", The hospital 67 (5).

Coser, L.A. 1965 The functions of social conflict London , Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Currie, R.M. 1961 Financial incentives based on work measurement. London, BIM.

Dawe, A. 1970 "The two sociologies", British journal of sociology 21 (2).

Deutsch, K. 1956 Pp. 161-162 in: R. Grinker (ed.). Toward a unified theory of human behavior. New York, Basic Books.

Emery, F.E. (ed.). 1969 Systems thinking: Selected readings Harmondsworth, Penguin Books.

Fiedler, F.F. 1967 A theory of leadership effectiveness New York, McGraw-Hill.

George, C.S. , Jr. 1968 The history of management thought. Chap. 10 Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall.

Gross, E. 1969 "The definition of organisational goals", British journal of sociology 20 (3): 277-294.

Hickson, D.J. ; Pugh, D.S. ; Pheysey, D.C. 1969 "Operations technology and organization structure: An empirical appraisal", Administrative science quarterly 14 (3).

Hill, R. 1971 "Modem systems theory and the family: A confrontation ", Social science information 10 (5) : 7-26.

Hill, W.A. ; Egan, D. (eds.). 1967 Readings in organization theory: A behavioral approach Boston, Mass., Allyn and Bacon.

Hodge, B.J. ; Johnson, H.J. 1970 Management and organizational behavior. New York, Wiley, pp. 18-34.

Hutchinson, J.G. 1967 Organizations: Theory and classical concepts. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, pp. 6-11.

Lawrence, P.R. ; Lorsch, J.W. 1969 Organization and environment : Managing differentiation and integration. Homewood, III., R.D. Irwin.

Litterer, J.A. 1965 Organizations: Structure and behavior. New York, Wiley, pp. 3-5.

Lupton, T. 1970 Management and the social sciences : An essay. Bella Vista , The Administrative Staff College. (2nd version, mimeo.)

Lupton, T. ; Gowler, D. 1969 Selecting a wage payment system. London , Engineering Employers Federation. (Research Paper 111.)

Merton, R.K. 1967 On theoretical sociology : Five essays, old and new. New York, Free Press of Glencoe .

P.A. Management Consultants , Ltd. 1970 Company organisation: Theory and practice. Chap. 2 London, Allen and Unwin.

Parsons, T. 1961 "Some considerations on the theory of social change ", Rural sociology 26: 219-239.

Perrow, C. 1967 "The analysis of goals in complex organisations ", in: Hill and Egan (eds.). Op. cit.

1970 Organisational analysis : A sociological view. London, Tavistock.

Price, J.L. 1968 Organizational effectiveness: An inventory of propositions . Homewood, III., R.D. Irwin, p. 14.

Rex, J. 1961 Key problems in sociological theory. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp. 78-79.

Runciman, W.G. 1969 "What is structuralism?", British journal of sociology 20 (3).

Silverman, D. 1970 The theory of organisations : A sociological framework . London, Heinemann, p. 217.

Simon, H.A. 1967 "On the concept of organizational goal", in: Hill and Egan (eds.). Op. cit.

Udy, S.H. , Jr. 1959 Organisation of work: A comparatire analysis of production among non-industrial peoples New Haven, Conn. , HRAF Press.

Wagner, H.R. 1964 "Displacement of scope: A problem of the relationship between small-scale and large-scale sociological theories", American journal of sociology 69 (6).

Whyte, W.F. 1969 Organizational behavior : Theory and application. Homewood, III., Irwin and Dorsey, pp. 11-20.

Woodward, J. 1958 Management and technology London , HMSO.

1965 Industrial organisation : Theory and practice. London, Oxford University Press.