Includes index.

Contents: Theoretical approach: Point of departure -- Organizations and the system of concept -- Defining characteristics of social organizations -- Growth of organizational structures and subsystems -- Environment -- A Typology of organizations -- The Taking of organizational roles -- The Concept of organizational effectiveness -- Models of organization: Organizational models -- Power and authority: rule enforcement -- External rewards and incentives -- Internalized motivation -- Motivational patterns and performance -- Problems and processes: Communication, feedback processes and evaluation -- Policy formulation and decision making -- Leadership -- Work and health -- Conflict -- Organizational change -- Organizational change: convergences and combinations -- Conclusion.