Organization Theory: From Chester Barnard to the Present and Beyond (Broché)

Edited and with an introduction by Oliver E. Williamson, Organization Theory : From Chester Barnard to the Present and Beyond explores one of the central themes originally articulated by organization theorist Chester I. Barnard, who argued that the proper study of organizations should be interdisciplinary. This work examines the subject from a variety of viewpoints and includes chapters by eminent thinkers in economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, and organization theory.
Contributions from Barbara Levitt and James March, W. Richard Scott, Glenn Carroll, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Mary Douglas, Terry Moe, Oliver Hart, and Oliver E. Williamson bring unique and complementary perspectives to the study of organizations. This expanded paperback edition adds a new chapter by Oliver E. Williamson, "Transaction Cost Economics and Organization Theory." Building on Barnard's classic work, Organization Theory points the way to a new science of organization for the 1990s and into the next century.