"A central purpose of this book is to identify a framework which might link at important points several of the now ind…"

"If we now reintroduce the conception of the complex organization as an open system subject to criteria of rationality…"

"Most of our beliefs about complex organizations follow from one or the other of two distinct strategies. The closed-s…"

"Under norms of rationality, organizations seek to seal off their core technologies from environmental influences."

"Under norms of rationality, organizations seek to buffer environmental influences by surrounding their technical core…"

"Under norms of rationality, organizations seek to anticipate and adapt to environmental changes which cannot be buffe…"

"When buffering, leveling, and forecasting do not protect their technical cores from environmental fluctuations, organ…"

"Organizations under norms of rationality seek to place their boundaries around those activities which if left to the …"

"The incorporation of subsidiary competencies along with major missions is commonplace in organizations of all types a…"

"The more sectors in which the organization subject to rationality norms is constrained; the more power the organizati…"