TY - CHAP T1 - The Concept of Formal Organization T2 - Classics of Organizational Theory Y1 - 1987 A1 - P. Blau A1 - Scott, R. ED - Shafritz, J. M. ED - Ott,S. J. ED - Jang, Y. S. KW - formal organization KW - negotiating KW - organizational behavior KW - organizational sociology KW - organizations AB -

[Excerpt] Social organization refers to the ways in which human conduct becomes socially organized, that is, to the observed regularities in the behavior of people that are due to the social conditions in which they find themselves rather than to their physiological or psychological characteristics as individuals....Since the distinctive characteristics of these organizations is that they have been formally established for the explicit purpose of achieving certain goals, the term ‘formal organization’ is used to designate them.
 

JA - Classics of Organizational Theory PB - Dorsey Press CY - Chicago L2 - eng ER -