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050			_aTA 31 .O74 1973
245		0	_aOrganizational systems : _bgeneral systems approaches to complex organizations / _cedited by Frank Baker
260			_aHomewood, Illinois : _bRichard D. Irwin, Inc., _cc1973
300			_axv, 548 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aSection I. General Systems Theory and Systems Analysis -- Section II. Organizational System Theory -- Section III. Organizational Environments -- Section IV. Intraorganizational Systems -- Section V. Interorganizational System Relations -- Section VI. System Theory and Organizational Management -- Section VII. Evaluation of organizational Systems.
520			_aThe Assumption that organizations can most usefully be viewed as open systems having properties in common with other living systems has in recent years been gaining widespread acceptance. Although there is as yet no single generally accepted specific theory of organizational systems, I believe the time is ripe for pulling together the best of the work done so far and presenting it in a useful format for the wide audience concerned with applying general systems concepts to the study and management of complex organizations. That is the purpose of this book.
650			_aSYSTEM ANALYSIS
700			_aBaker, Frank _eeditor
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