Organizational Structure in the Delivery of Complex Services.

Checkland, Beth Young

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ERIC Number: EJ309991

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Organizational Structure in the Delivery of Complex Services.

Checkland, Beth Young

Canadian Administrator, v24 n2 p1-5 Nov 1984

Essential features of the absolute bureaucracy and the organic structure are outlined and related to intrinsic requirements for the provision of complex services such as teaching and counselling. The two organizational patterns are examined in terms of influence relationships, plasticity, and administrators' assumptions. (TE)

Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Administrator Education, Bureaucracy, Educational Administration, Governance, Informal Organization, Management Systems, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Theories

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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