Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: Our Society of Organizations. - -
Chapter 1: Introduction: A Society of Formal Organizations. - -
Chapter 2: The Subject Is Organizations. The Issue Is Power. - -
Chapter 3: Organizations and Inequality. - -
PART II: Forging the Society of Organizations. - -
Chapter 4: The Rise of Bureaucracy and the Question of Efficiency. - -
Chapter 5: The Rise of Bureaucracy and the Question of Power. - -
Chapter 6: Are We Beyond Bureaucracy?. - -
Part III: Analyzing Organizations. - -
Chapter 7: The Machine Organization. - -
Chapter 8: The Human Organization. - -
Chapter 9: The Open Organization. - -
Chapter 10: The Limits of Rationality. - -
Chapter 11: Rationality and Rationalization as Variables. - -
Chapter 12: Final Reflections: Living With Organizations.

"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 21st 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." -- Provide by publisher.