The Organization-Society Nexus: A Critical Review of Models and Metaphors [Hardcover]

This definitive study concentrates on one fundamental aspect of complex organizations, the organization-environment relationship. Numerous theoretical frameworks are described and evaluated which are directly or indirectly relevant to this focus, and included are several chapters that deal with various aspects of this complex relationship.RONALD G. CORWIN is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Ohio State University.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Background
Organizations and Environments
Part II: The Language of Organizations
Rational and Organic Models
Interpersonal Metaphors
Metaphors
Ecological, Institutional, and Cultural Metaphors
Organization-Society Linkages
Part III: The Mutual Accommodation Process
Boundary Roles
Accommodation
Conflict
Networks
Organizations and Culture
References
Name Index
Subject Index