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The Management of Innovation

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Burns, Tom, Stalker, G. M.·1994
DOI 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198288787.001.0001
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First published in 1961, this book is a very influential book on organization theory and industrial sociology. The central theme of the book is the relationship between an organization and its environment — particularly technological and market innovations. Based on first-class scholarship, the book presents the now famous and ubiquitous classifications of ‘mechanistic’ and ‘organic’ systems. For this it has become justly famous, but the book is also a penetrating study of social systems within organizations and organizational dynamics.

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Authors
Burns, T., & Stalker, G. M.
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
Published
1994-10-13
DOI
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198288787.001.0001
OpenAlex
W2401615420
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7,250
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Type
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Language
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