The Organizational Society
Author | : Robert Vance Presthus |
Publisher | : New York : Vintage books |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1962 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015031378972 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "This book is an interdisciplinary analysis of big organizations and their influence upon the individuals who work in them. Conceptually, the analysis operates at three distinct but interrelated levels: society as a whole; the big, rational organization; and the individual. Organizations are defined as "miniature societies" in which the dominant values of society are inculcated and sought in a more structured, spatially restricted context. A major object is to show how individuals work out an accommodation in this milieu, and to develop a theory of organizational behavior that posits three ideal types of accommodation to big organizations: "upward-mobiles," "indifferents," and "ambivalents""--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).