The Post-Bureaucratic Organization New Perspectives on Organizational Change
by Charles Heckscher; Anne DonnellonFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-06-16
Publisher(s): Sage Publications
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Summary
What is wrong with bureaucracy? What does the post-bureaucratic organization offer in the way of improvement? These and other such questions are addressed in this volume which critically examines the implications of the transformation of organizations from bureaucratic to post-bureaucratic.Beginning with a definition of the 'ideal' post-bureaucratic organization, the book then critiques some of the fundamental assumptions of bureaucratic organizations such as, the ethic of individual merit, decision-making roles and coordinated effort. It also analyzes the process of change from bureaucracy to post-bureaucracy and three alternative approaches to bureaucracy. The book concludes with case studies which illustrate both the s
Table of Contents
| Introduction - Charles Heckscher | |
| Defining the Post-Bureaucratic Type - Anne Donnellon and Maureen Scully | |
| Teams, Performance, and Rewards | |
| Will the Post-Bureaucratic Organization Be a Post-Meritocratic Organization? - Benn R Konsynski and John J Sviokla | |
| Cognitive Reapportionment | |
| Rethinking the Location of Judgment in Managerial Decision Making - Nitin Nohria and James Berkley | |
| The Virtual Organization | |
| Bureaucracy, Technology, and the Implosion of Control - Charles Heckscher, Russell A Eisenstat, and Thomas J Rice | |
| Transformational Processes - Janice A Klein | |
| The Paradox of Quality Management | |
| Commitment, Ownership, and Control - Frederick M Gordon | |
| Bureaucracy | |
| Can We Do Better? We Can Do Worse - David Krackhardt | |
| Constraints on the Interactive Organization as an Ideal Type - Nitin Nohria and James D Berkley | |
| Allen-Bradley's ICCG Case Study | |
| A Commentary - Charles Heckscher | |
| Lakeville Chemical Plant |
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