Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony on JSTOR

For everyone to have the opportunity to be involved in a given group and to participate in its activities the structure must be explicit, not implicit. The rules of decision-making must be open and available to everyone, and this can happen only if they are formalized. This is not to say that formalization of a structure of a group will destroy the... See more

Moving from an understanding of organizations and institutions as nothing but mental constructs has led to the exploration of the nature of the various forms they have taken, particularly the for-profit corporations. They have become so ubiquitous, so much a part of us from the moment of birth, that we accept them with as little thought as the air ... See more