Changing Organizations Book

Understanding organizational change requires viewing the American political economy as a system where money and power intimately intertwine at every level. Network relations are indispensable for analyzing continual transformations of organizational structures and actions. A comprehensive explanation of changing necessitates blending the concepts, theories, and data from the many disciplines comprising organization studies: sociology, business management, economics, law, political science, public administration, social psychology, history, and journalism. A multidisciplinary approach helps us to understand how corporations changed over the twentieth century, and where they may be headed in the new one.

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Knoke (sociology, University of Minnesota) outlines basic structural and network concepts and principles, and examines the formation of intra- and inter-organizational networks and their impact on employees, companies, and communities. He explores how the network perspective, when used in conjunction with ecology, institutionalism, transaction cost economies, and organizational learning, contributes to a more comprehensive explanation of organizational transformation. Written in an accessible narrative style for advanced undergraduate students in sociology, public policy, and business management courses. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)