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For a more intraorganizational approach to the subject, see Emery F. E. Trist E. L. , “Socio-technical Systems,”.

Perrow Charles , “A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Organization,” American Sociological Review (1967, 32), pp. 194–208.

See Gulick Luther Urwick Lyndall F. (eds.), Papers on the Science of Public Administration (New York: Institute of Public Administration, Columbia University, 1937); also, Taylor Frederick W. , The Principles of Scientific Management (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1911); also Weber Max , The Theory of Social and Economic Organization, translated by Henderson A. M. Parsons Talcott (New York: Oxford University Press, 1947).

Burns Tom Stalker G. M. , The Management of Innovation (London: Tavistock Publications, 1961).

See Mayo Elton , The Social Problems of an Industrial Civilization (Boston: Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1945); also, Roethlisberger Fritz J. Dickson William J. , Management and the Worker (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939); also, Coch Lester French John R. P. Jr. , “Overcoming Resistance to Change,” Human Relations (1948, 1), pp. 512–532.

Burns Stalker , op. cit.

Woodward Joan , Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice (London: Oxford University Press, 1965).

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Lawrence Paul R. Lorsch Jay W. , Organization and Environment (Boston: Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1967).

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Harvey Edward , “Technology and the Structure of Organizations,” American Sociological Review (1968, 33), pp. 247–259.

See Whyte William F. , Organizational Behavior: Theory and Application (Homewood: Irwin, 1969).

Hickson David J. Pugh D. S. Pheysey Diana C. , “Operations Technology and Organization Structure: An Empirical Reappraisal,” Administrative Science Quarterly (1969, 14), pp. 378–397.

Hunt Raymond G. , “Technology and Organization,” Academy of Management Journal (1970, 13), pp. 235–252.

See Dubin Robert , The World of Work (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1958).

Morse John J. Lorsch Jay W. , “Beyond Theory Y,” Harvard Business Review (1970, 48), pp. 61–68.

See Leavitt Harold J. , “Applied Organizational Change in Industry,” in March J. G. (ed.), Handbook of Organizations (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1965).

See Perrow , op. cit.; also, Harvey , op. cit.