Premium
Systems Theory and Organization Change: A Case Study
Author(s) -
PERLMUTTER FELICE
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1972.tb00697.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , welfare , sociology , government (linguistics) , social welfare , organizational theory , organizational change , social change , social organization , social control , public administration , economic system , public relations , social science , economics , political science , economic growth , management , law , linguistics , philosophy
A case study of a social welfare agency demonstrates that this organization can control its development as an autonomous system and need not merely shift with the times in response to the changing involvement of the federal government in social welfare programs. A theoretical framework of organizational change utilizes Parson's AGIL for this analysis.