Prolegomena to a Theory of Organization

Name: Prolegomena to a Theory of Organization
Author: Morgenstern

1951

by Morgenstern

Oskar MorgensternGame TheoryAdam SmithAlfred MarshallDivision of LaborBureaucracyAnthropologyMathematical EconomicsPhenomenologyEconomic RecoveryEquilibriumMethodology

Table of Contents · 17 segments

Modern reprint note by Michael D. Godfreyessay

Original RAND title page and working paper noticeessay

Summary and table of contentsessay

Part I introduction: logistics, economics, and the need for a theory of organizationchapter

Empirical sources for organization theory and opening of Part IIchapter

Part II, Sections 1–2: Introduction; Inner and Outer Activities and Aims of Organizationstheoretical

Part II, Section 3: The Arrangement of Competencestheoretical

Part II, Section 4: Signaling, Information, and Memorytheoretical

Part II, Section 5: Mistakes, Errors, and Recoverytheoretical

Part II, Section 6: Controls within the Organizationtheoretical

Part II, Section 7: Degrees of Organizationtheoretical

Part II, Section 8: Learningtheoretical

Part II, Section 9: Input-Output and Costs of Operationstheoretical

Part II, Section 10: Size of Organizations, Command Span, and Biological Analogiestheoretical

References on Growth, Form, and Sizebibliography

Part II, Section 10 Continued: Operational Capacity, Breakdown, Recovery, and Measuring Sizetheoretical

Part II, Section 11: Expansion and Growththeoretical