Article ID: | iaor20063208 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 171 |
End Page Number: | 178 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
Journal: | Organization Science |
Authors: | Starbuck William H., Dunbar Roger L.M. |
Keywords: | philosophy |
The academic focus of organization studies has unfortunately drifted over the years from the issues that organizations pose for their members and their societies, and the issues that confront people who seek to improve organizations. However, studies of efforts to design organizations can help us to better understand organizations and may also help us to improve them. The papers in this special issue of