Organisation and institution: a review of Selznick's traditional institutionalism and new institutionalism

In modern societies, the elements of rationalized formal organization are deeply ingrained in, and reflect, widespread understandings of social reality. Many of the positions, policies, programmes and procedures of modern formal organizations are enforced by public opinion, by laws etc. Such element...

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Main Author: Quddus, S. M. Abdul
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Language:English
Published: The University of Chittagong Press 2005
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/6317/1/Organisation_and_institution-.pdf
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description In modern societies, the elements of rationalized formal organization are deeply ingrained in, and reflect, widespread understandings of social reality. Many of the positions, policies, programmes and procedures of modern formal organizations are enforced by public opinion, by laws etc. Such elements of formal organizations are manifestations of powerful 'institutional' rules which function as highly rationalized 'myths' that are binding in particular organizations. This paper tends to examine Philip Selznick's view on 'organization' and 'institution' as he is regarded as the pioneer of the institutional theory of organization as well as other existing alternative approaches of organization and institution discussed by contemporary scholars in the area of organization study. This paper also tries to explain two basic terms of organization theory i.e.'organization' and 'institution' from the perspectives of traditional institutionalism vs. new institutionalism more generally to account for clarifying the differences between the two.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:63172018-02-14T08:14:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6317/ Organisation and institution: a review of Selznick's traditional institutionalism and new institutionalism Quddus, S. M. Abdul HM711 Groups and organizations In modern societies, the elements of rationalized formal organization are deeply ingrained in, and reflect, widespread understandings of social reality. Many of the positions, policies, programmes and procedures of modern formal organizations are enforced by public opinion, by laws etc. Such elements of formal organizations are manifestations of powerful 'institutional' rules which function as highly rationalized 'myths' that are binding in particular organizations. This paper tends to examine Philip Selznick's view on 'organization' and 'institution' as he is regarded as the pioneer of the institutional theory of organization as well as other existing alternative approaches of organization and institution discussed by contemporary scholars in the area of organization study. This paper also tries to explain two basic terms of organization theory i.e.'organization' and 'institution' from the perspectives of traditional institutionalism vs. new institutionalism more generally to account for clarifying the differences between the two. The University of Chittagong Press 2005-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6317/1/Organisation_and_institution-.pdf Quddus, S. M. Abdul (2005) Organisation and institution: a review of Selznick's traditional institutionalism and new institutionalism. The Chittagong University Journal of Social Sciences, 22 (1). pp. 52-71.
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title Organisation and institution: a review of Selznick's traditional institutionalism and new institutionalism
title_full Organisation and institution: a review of Selznick's traditional institutionalism and new institutionalism
title_fullStr Organisation and institution: a review of Selznick's traditional institutionalism and new institutionalism
title_full_unstemmed Organisation and institution: a review of Selznick's traditional institutionalism and new institutionalism
title_short Organisation and institution: a review of Selznick's traditional institutionalism and new institutionalism
title_sort organisation and institution a review of selznick s traditional institutionalism and new institutionalism
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