Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony on JSTOR
American Journal of Sociologyjstor.orgSaved by Jay Matthews
Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony on JSTOR
Saved by Jay Matthews
Structure Influences Behavior Different people in the same structure tend to produce qualitatively similar results. When there are problems, or performance fails to live up to what is intended, it is easy to find someone or something to blame. But, more often than we realize, systems cause their own crises, not external forces or individuals’ mista
... See moreBureaucracy and mythology are both essential for maintaining order, and both are happy to sacrifice truth for the sake of order.