Organizations

A Systems Approach

Stefan Kühl

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Routledge
07 January 2014

Social groups: clubs & societies; Sociology; Organisational theory & behaviour

From businesses, public administrations, universities and schools, to hospitals, prisons, political parties, or the military, peoples’ lives are inextricably bound up with organizations from cradle to grave. Yet we receive little training in how - as members, customers, voters, or patients - to deal with them.

In Organizations Stefan KÃ¼hl asks and answers many questions. What are these entities that wield such strong influence in our society? What makes them tick? What are our options for intervening, either from within or without?

This book explains how organizations function by examining their three central features: their purposes or goals, their hierarchies, and their memberships. The author presents the three aspects of organizations - the display, formal, and informal aspects, explaining them in metaphorical terms as faÃ§ades, machines, and games.

Acknowledging that the seminal systems theory developed by sociologist Niklas Luhmann is not easily accessible, Professor KÃ¼hl presents Luhmann’s organizational concept

in a succinct and user-friendly form that will be readily grasped by a practitioner audience and provides new insights in this ambitious theory.

By: Stefan Kühl
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9781472413413
ISBN 10: 1472413415
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 07 January 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stefan Kuhl studied sociology, historical science and economics at the University of Bielefeld, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Universite Paris-X-Nanterre, and the University of Oxford. He is a professor of organizational sociology at the University of Bielefeld and one of the leading system theorists working in the field of organizational science. He works as an organizational consultant for Metaplan, a consulting firm based in Princeton in the USA, Paris, Hamburg and Zurich.

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Organizations

A Systems Approach

Stefan Kühl

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