{"product_id":"organizations-a-systems-approach-9781472413413","title":"Organizations: A Systems Approach","description":"How - as members, customers, voters or patients - do we deal with organizations: public administrations; universities and schools; hospitals; prisons; political parties; or the military? The systems theory developed by sociologist Niklas Luhmann is among the twentieth century's seminal scientific achievements, commensurate perhaps only with Einstein's theory of relativity, Wittgenstein's philosophy of language, or Freud's analysis of the unconscious. While systems theory is not easily accessible, the subject of organizations offers an opportunity to gain insight into the fecundity of this approach. This book is the first in which Luhmann's organizational theory and an introduction to systems theory have been presented in such brief and succinct form and will be readily grasped by a new audience. The author of Organizations argues that, in future, the elaborate conception that systems theory has put forward will be the standard that other theoretical approaches to explaining organizations will have to meet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefan Kühl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472413413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStefan KÃ1\/4hl studied sociology, historical science and economics at the University of Bielefeld, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Université Paris-X-Nanterre, and the University of Oxford. He is a professor of organizational sociology at the University of Bielefeld and one of the leading system theorists working in the field of organizational science. He works as an organizational consultant for Metaplan, a consulting firm based in Princeton in the USA, Paris, Hamburg and ZÃ1\/4rich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45116998189171,"sku":"9781472413413","price":109.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e89221f8-1ea7-4ad7-9ec9-36f59605fb0f.jpg?v=1781874506","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/organizations-a-systems-approach-9781472413413","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}