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Informationen zum Autor Arthur L. Stinchcombe is Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University and author of a number of books! including Stratification and Organization: Selected Papers (1989) and Theoretical Methods in Social History (1978). Klappentext An ambitious new work by a well-respected sociologist! "Information and Organizations" provides a bold perspective of the dynamics of organizations. Stinchcombe contends that the "information problem" and the concept of "uncertainty" provide the key to understanding how organizations function. In a delightful mix of large theoretical insights and vivid anecdotal material! Stinchcombe explores the ins and outs of organizations from both a macro and micro perspective. He reinterprets the work of the renowned scholars of business! Alfred Chandler! James March and Oliver Williamson! and looks in depth at corporations like DuPont and General Motors. Along the way! Stinchcombe explores subjects as varied as class consciousness! innovation! contracts and university administration. All of these analyses are distinguished by incisive thinking and creative new approaches to issues that have long confronted business people and those interested in organizational theory.A tour de force! "Information and Organizations" is a must-read for business people and scholars of many stripes. It promises to be a widely discussed and debated work. Zusammenfassung An ambitious new work by a well-respected sociologist! Information and Organizations provides a bold perspective of the dynamics of organizations. Stinchcombe contends that the "information problem" and the concept of "uncertainty" provide the key to understanding how organizations function. In a delightful mix of large theoretical insights and vivid anecdotal material! Stinchcombe explores the ins and outs of organizations from both a macro and micro perspective. He reinterprets the work of the renowned scholars of business! Alfred Chandler! James March and Oliver Williamson! and looks in depth at corporations like DuPont and General Motors. Along the way! Stinchcombe explores subjects as varied as class consciousness! innovation! contracts and university administration. All of these analyses are distinguished by incisive thinking and creative new approaches to issues that have long confronted business people and those interested in organizational theory. A tour de force! Information and Organizations is a must-read for business people and scholars of many stripes. It promises to be a widely discussed and debated work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xi 1. INFORMATION, UNCERTAINTY, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION IN ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIOLOGY Rationality Uncertainty Uncertainty About What? Information Structure and Function The Plan of the Book 2. INDIVIDUALS' SKILLS AS INFORMATION PROCESSING:CHARLES F. SABEL AND THE DIVISION OF LABOR Introduction Relations Between Routines and Skills Two Relations Between Routines and Human Decisions Complexity of the Routine Artisans at the Beginning of the Industrial Revolution The Division of Skill Between Workers and Professionals Three Organizations for Learning Routines and Decision Skills Earnings Curves for Craftsmen, Professionals, and Managers Jurisdictions of Occupations The Determinants of the Division of Labor Between Engineers and Skilled Workers Manufacturing Artisans in the Early Industrial Revolution Economic and Technical Threats to Artisan Organization Authority Reorganization and Artisan Skill The Ideology of Mass Production Management Scientific Management Authority in Practice Conflict over the New Authority System "Fordism" The Impact of Certainty and Uncertainty on Fordism ...
