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Organizations : social systems conducting experiments /

by Achterbergh, Jan.

Additional authors: Vriens, Dirk Jaap,

Edition statement:Second Revised Edition. Published by : Springer, (Berlin : ) Physical details: xii, 391 pages ; ill. ; 24 cm ISBN:9783642143151.

Subject(s): Organizational sociology. | System theory. | Business planning.

Year: 2010 Item type:

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Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode	Course reserves
Paro College Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	301 ACH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	E19515	Available	E19515	Individuals, Groups and Institutions in Social Studies
Paro College Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	301 ACH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	E19516	Available	E19516	Individuals, Groups and Institutions in Social Studies
Paro College Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	301 ACH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	E19517	Available	E19517	Individuals, Groups and Institutions in Social Studies

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What are organizations? What is their point? How should one design successful organizations? Although these questions have been treated by many authors in many different ways, this book offers a new perspective: In a nutshell, the book combines cybernetics, social systems theory and Aristotle's ethics to describe organizations as 'social systems conducting experiments with their survival' and to formulate principles for their design. In part I, the authors argue that 'experimenting' and 'social interaction' are key features of organizations. In order to survive, organizations continuously have

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