Modern organizations /
Amitai Etzioni.
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, �1964.
- vii, 120 pages ; 23 cm
- Foundations of modern sociology series .
- Prentice-Hall foundations of modern sociology series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118).
Rationality and happiness: the organizational dilemma -- The organization goal: master or servant? -- The classical approach -- From human relations to the structuralists -- Bureaucracies: structure and legitimation -- Organizational control and leadership -- Organizational control and other correlates -- Administrative and professional authority -- Modern organization and the client -- Organization and the social environment.
This volume analyzes the concept of modern organizations with special reference to its role in the development, functioning, and change of larger social systems.