Logics of Organization Theory: Audiences, Codes, and Ecologies

作者: László Pólos , Glenn R. Carroll , Michael T. Hannan

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摘要: Building theories of organizations is challenging: are partial and "folk" categories fuzzy. The commonly used tools--first-order logic its foundational set theory--are ill-suited for handling these complications. Here, three leading authorities rethink organization theory. Logics Organization Theory sets forth applies a new language theory building based on nonmonotonic fuzzy In doing so, not only does it mark major advance in organizational theory, but also draws lessons elsewhere the social sciences. Organizational research typically analyzes such as "bank," "hospital," or "university." These have been treated crisp analytical constructs designed by researchers. But sociologists increasingly view constructed audiences. This book builds cognitive psychology anthropology to develop an audience-based categories. It this framework ecology. reconstructs integrates four central fragments, so reveals unexpected connections insights.

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