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020			_a9783642143151
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082	0	0	_a301 ACH
100	1		_aAchterbergh, Jan.
245	1	0	_aOrganizations : _bsocial systems conducting experiments / _cJan Achterbergh, Dirk Vriens.
250			_aSecond Revised Edition.
260			_aBerlin : _bSpringer, _c2010.
300			_axii, 391 pages ; _c24 cm _bill. ;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aWhat are organizations? What is their point? How should one design successful organizations? Although these questions have been treated by many authors in many different ways, this book offers a new perspective: In a nutshell, the book combines cybernetics, social systems theory and Aristotle's ethics to describe organizations as 'social systems conducting experiments with their survival' and to formulate principles for their design. In part I, the authors argue that 'experimenting' and 'social interaction' are key features of organizations. In order to survive, organizations continuously have
650		0	_aOrganizational sociology.
650		0	_aSystem theory.
650		0	_aBusiness planning.
700	1		_aVriens, Dirk Jaap,
942			_2ddc _cBK
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