`Scott's work provides an excellent introductory guide and will serve as an able companion during initial explorations' - Information Technology People
Thoroughly revised and expanded, Institutions and Organizations provides a comprehensive overview of the institutionalist approach to organization theory. W Richard Scott presents an historical overview of the theoretical literature, an integrative analysis of current institutional approaches, and a review of empirical research related to institutions and organizations. He offers an extensive review and critique of institutional analysis in sociology, political science, and economics as it relates to recent theory and research on organizations.
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‘The research inputs to his analysis communicate the high intellectual energy and excitement that pervades contemporary research on institutions and organizations.’
. Joel A.C. Baum(Contemporary Sociology)
Table of contents:
Introduction
Early Institutionalists
Institutional Theory and Organizations
Constructing an Analytic Framework I
Three Pillars of Institutions
Constructing an Analytic Framework II
Content, Agency, Carriers and Levels
Institutional Construction, Maintenance and Diffusion
Institutional Processes Affecting Societal Systems, Organizational Fields, and Organizational Populations
Institutional Processes Affecting Organizational Structure and Performance
Institutional Change
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Thoroughly revised and expanded, Institutions and Organizations provides a comprehensive overview of the institutionalist approach to organization theory. W Richard Scott presents an historical overview of the theoretical literature, an integrative analysis of current institutional approaches, and a review of empirical research related to institutions and organizations. He offers an extensive review and critique of institutional analysis in sociology, political science, and economics as it relates to recent theory and research on organizations.
Review quote:
...
‘The research inputs to his analysis communicate the high intellectual energy and excitement that pervades contemporary research on institutions and organizations.’
. Joel A.C. Baum(Contemporary Sociology)
Table of contents:
Introduction
Early Institutionalists
Institutional Theory and Organizations
Constructing an Analytic Framework I
Three Pillars of Institutions
Constructing an Analytic Framework II
Content, Agency, Carriers and Levels
Institutional Construction, Maintenance and Diffusion
Institutional Processes Affecting Societal Systems, Organizational Fields, and Organizational Populations
Institutional Processes Affecting Organizational Structure and Performance
Institutional Change
Looking Back, Looking Forward