Organizations and Society

Summary

What are the costs and consequences of living in a society that has undergone an organizational revolution ? To what extent is social life in the 21^st century dominated by the rational control that is characteristic of bureaucratic organizations large and small? Organizations and Society addresses these broader human questions with a critical perspective, while at the same time explaining the main concepts and theories in the field. Students of all interests-those who wish to run organizations someday, study them, or simply understand their importance in the contemporary social order-will benefit from the insights and cogent arguments of this text for undergraduate classrooms.