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An ambitious new work by a wellrespected sociologist Information andOrganizations provides a bold perspective of the dynamics of organizations.Stinchcombe contends that the information problem and the concept ofuncertainty provide the key to understanding how organizations function. In adelightful mix of large theoretical insights and vivid anecdotal materialStinchcombe explores the ins and outs of organizations from both a macro andmicro perspective. He reinterprets the work of the renowned scholars ofbusiness Alfred Chandler James March and Oliver Williamson and looks indepth at corporations like DuPont and General Motors. Along the wayStinchcombe explores subjects as varied as class consciousness innovationcontracts and university administration. All of these analyses aredistinguished by incisive thinking and creative new approaches to issues thathave long confronted business people and those interested in organizationaltheory.A tour de force Information and Organizations is a mustread for businesspeople and scholars of many stripes. It promises to be a widely discussed anddebated work. «
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