Chapter 28 School and Super-School

Abstract

Since the late 1970s, Stanford-based research and researchers have been absolutely central to the field of organizational studies. Cohen, March, and Olsen's “A garbage can model of organizational choice,” Meyer and Rowan's “Institutionalized organizations: formal structure as myth and ceremony” (1977), Hannan and Freeman's “The population ecology of organizations” (1978), Pfeffer and Salancik's “The external control of organizations” (1978), and Scott's “Organizations: rational, natural, and open systems” (first edition, 1981) defined distinctive perspectives that shaped and continue to shape the scholarly conversation. It is hard to underestimate the influence of these authors and of the many other students of organizations who have taught and/or been trained at Stanford.

Citation

Strang, D. (2010), "Chapter 28 School and Super-School", Bird Schoonhoven, C. and Dobbin, F. (Ed.) Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 28), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 419-424. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X(2010)0000028032