Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality

Introduction: From Technology To Environment / W. Richard Scott -- Part One: The Institutional Origins Of Organizational Structure. Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure As Myth And Ceremony / John W. Meyer And Brian Rowan -- Institutional And Technical Sources Of Organizational Structure: Explaining The Structure Of Educational Organizations / John W. Meyer, W. Richard Scott And Terrence E Deal -- Part Two: Varieties Of Institutional Environments. The Structure Of Educational Organizations / John W. Meyer And Brian Rowan -- Health Care Organizations In The 1980s: The Convergence Of Public And Professional Control Systems / W. Richard Scott -- Reform Movements And Organizations: The Case Of Aging / W. Richard Scott -- The Organization Of Societal Sectors / W. Richard Scott And John W. Meyer -- The Organization Of Environments Network, Cultural, And Historical Elements / W. Richard Scott --part Three: Fragmented Centralization And Its Organizational Consequences. Centralization Of Funding And Control In Educational Governance / John W Meyer -- Centralization And The Legitimacy Problems Of Local Government / John W. Meyer And W. Richard Scott -- Organizational Factors Affecting Legalization In Education / John W. Meyer -- Innovation And Knowledge Use In American Public Education / John W. Meyer -- Conclusion: Institutionalization And The Rationality Of Formal Organizational Structure / John W. Meyer. John W. Meyer, W. Richard Scott. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.