Astley, W. Graham. 'The Two Ecologies: Population and Community Perspectives on Organizational Evolution.' Administrative Science Quarterly 30 (1985):224-41.

Blau, Peter M. 'A Formal Theory of Differentiation in Organizations.' American Sociological Review 35 (1970):201-18.

Chandler, Alfred The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business. Cambridge MA: Belknap Press, 1977, pp. 79-205.
_________. Strategy and Structure. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1962, pp. 52-282.

Crozier, Michael. The Bureaucratic Phenomenon. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969, pp. 213-314.

Cyert, Richard, and March, James. A Behavioral Theory of the Firm. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963, chs. 3, 5, 6.

DiMaggio, Paul, and Walter W. Powell. 'The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields.' American Sociological Review 52 (1983):147-60.

Fligstein, Neil. 'The Interorganizational Power Struggles: Rise of Finance Personnel to Top Leadership in Large Corportations, 1919-79.' American Sociological Review 48 (1983):44-58.

Hannan, Michael T., and John Freeman. 'The Population Ecology of Organizations.' American Journal of Sociology 82 (March 1977).

March, James, and Johan Olsen. 'Organizational Choice under Ambiguity.' In The Sociology of Organizations: Basic Studies, ed. O. Grusky and J. Miller. New York: Free Press, 1981, pp. 248-262.

March, James, and Herbert Simon. Organizations. New York: Wiley, 1958, chs. 1, 3, 6, 7.

Meyer, John W., and Brian Rowan. 'Institutionalized Organizations.' American Journal of Sociology 87 (1977):340-63.

Morrill, Calvin. 'Conflict Management, Honor, and Organizational Change.' American Journal of Sociology 97 (1991):585-621.

Pfeffer, Jeffrey, and Gerald Salancik. The External Control of Organizations: Resource Dependence Perspective. New York: Harper & Row, 1978, chs. 1, 3, 6, 7.

Selznick, Philip. TVA and the Grass Roots. New York: Harper & Row, 1966, 'Introduction,' chs. 3, 4, 'Conclusion.'

Stinchcombe, Arthur. Information and Organizations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990, pp. 73-94.
__________. 'Social Structure and Organizations.' In Handbook of Organizations, ed. by J. G. March. Chicago: Rand-McNally, 1965, pp. 142-93.

Thompson, James D. Organizations in Action. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967, chs. 2, 5, 6, 10.

Tjosvold, Dean. 'Cooperation Theory and Organizations.' Human Relations 37, 9 (1984):743-67.

Williamson, Oliver. 'Economics of Organization: The Transaction Cost Approaches.' American Journal of Sociology 87 (1981):548-77.

See also Classical Theory, Weber, 'Bureaucracy.'

ADDITIONAL READINGS:

Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. Men and Women of the Corporation. New York: Basic Books, 1977. Chapters 1-6.