COMPLEX SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: MULTIPLE ORGANIZING MODES, STRUCTURAL INCONGRUENCE, AND MECHANISMS OF INTEGRATION

MACHADO, NORA;BURNS, TOM R.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 2/1998, pág. 355

1. Introduction. 2. Multiple Organizing Modes and Their Institutional Forms in Complex Social Organizations. a) Social rule systems and institutionalized social relationships. b) Major types of institutional relationships distinguished on dimensions of formalization and hierarchy. 3. Incongruence and Tensions Between Organizing Modes and Institutional Relationships. a) Administrative mode contra other modes of organizing. b) Profession, bureaucracy, and market: 'tension prone' relations. 4. Mediating and Integrative Mechanisms in Complex Social Organizations. 5. Conclusion. 6. Acknowledgement. 7. Notes.