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Institutions and Organizations W. Richard Scott

Institutions and Organizations von W. Richard Scott

Institutions and Organizations W. Richard Scott


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Zusammenfassung

Offers a comprehensive overview of the institutionalist approach to organization theory. This title presents a historical overview of the theoretical literature, an integrative analysis of institutional approaches, and a review of empirical research related to institutions and organizations.

Institutions and Organizations Zusammenfassung

Institutions and Organizations: Ideas and Interests W. Richard Scott

The bestselling Institutions and Organizations remains the key source for a comprehensive overview of the institutionalist approach to organization theory. The author 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 organization in addition to an extensive review and critique of institutional analysis in sociology, political science, and economics as it relates to recent theory and research on organizations.

Key features for the Third Edition:

- Further developed theoretical framework in chapters 3 and 4 is updated and amplified with the latest research

- New material on institutional construction, maintenance, and diffusion

- An added chapter on transnational institutions

- Original research on the intersection of institutional and ecological processes, the emergence of new organizational forms, and the latest research on the co-evolution of institutions and organizational forms.

Institutions and Organizations Bewertungen

"This book is an absolute tribute to the theorists that helped to shape organizational theory; theory that both explains and can offer solutions for todays complex organizational issues. The importance of Scotts book cannot be overlooked as it contains lessons that offer explanation and predictions of procedures to drive both an organizations functions and its economic successes." Shari Carpenter, Eastern Oregon University -- Shari Carpenter

Über W. Richard Scott

W. Richard (Dick) Scott received his PhD from the University of Chicago and is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology with courtesy appointments in the Graduate School of Business, Graduate School of Education, and School of Medicine at Stanford University. He has spent his entire professional career at Stanford, serving as chair of the Sociology Department (19721975), as director of the Training Program on Organizations and Mental Health (19721989), and as director of the Stanford Center for Organizations Research (19881996). Scott is an organizational sociologist who has concentrated his work on the study of professional organizations, including educational, engineering, medical, research, social welfare, and nonprofit advocacy organizations. During the past three decades, he has concentrated his writing and research on the relation between organizations and their institutional environments. He is the author or editor of about a dozen books and more than 200 articles and book chapters. He was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (1975), served as editor of the Annual Review of Sociology (19871991), and as president of the Sociological Research Association (20062007). Scott was the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Management and Organization Theory Division of the Academy of Management in 1988, the Distinguished Educator Award from the same Division in 2013, and of the Richard D. Irwin Award for Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Management from the Academy of Management in 1996. In 2000, the Section on Organization, Occupations and Work of the American Sociological Association created the W. Richard Scott Award to annually recognize an outstanding article-length contribution to the field. He has received honorary doctorates from the Copenhagen School of Business (2000), the Helsinki School of Economics and Business (2001), and Aarhus University in Denmark (2010).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to Third Edition Introduction 1. Early Institutionalists Early Institutional Theory in Economics Early Institutional Theory in Political Science Early Institutional Theory in Sociology 2. Institutional Theory Meets Organization Studies Institutions and Organizations: Early Approaches Foundations of Neoinstitutional Theory 3. Crafting an Analytic Framework I: Three Pillars of Institutions Defining Institutions The Three Pillars of Institutions The Three Pillars and Legitimacy Basic Assumptions associated with the Three Pillars 4. Constructing an Analytic Framework II: Content, Agency, Carriers and Levels Institutional Content and Organizations Agency and Institutions Varying Carriers Varying Levels of Analysis 5. Institutional Construction Creating Institutions Selected Studies of Institutional Construction 6. Institutionalization Three Conceptions of Institutionalization: Underlying Mechanisms Maintaining and Diffusing Institutions Carriers and Institutional Mechanisms 7. Institutional Processes and Organizations Organizations and Institutions: Three Views Legitimacy and Isomorphism Institutional Context and Organizational Structure Interactive Processes Strategic Processes Sources of Divergence 8. Institutional Processes and Organization Fields Conceptualizing Organization Fields Field Structuration Processes Structuration, Destructurating, and Restructuration 9. An Overview and a Caution Distinctive Features The Maturation of Institutional Theory and Research A Cautionary Comment References Index About the Author

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GOR013940400
9781412950909
1412950902
Institutions and Organizations: Ideas and Interests W. Richard Scott
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SAGE Publications Inc
2007-12-05
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