ISBN:
9780691134505
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9781400843015 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
381 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781400843015
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
060.1
Keywords:
Organisationstheorie
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Building theories of organizations is challenging: theories are partial and ""folk"" categories are fuzzy. The commonly used tools--first-order logic and its foundational set theory--are ill-suited for handling these complications. Here, three leading authorities rethink organization theory. Logics of Organization Theory sets forth and applies a new language for theory building based on a nonmonotonic logic and fuzzy set theory. In doing so, not only does it mark a major advance in organizational theory, but it also draws lessons for theory building elsewhere in the social sciences.〈...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Online-Ausg.:
