Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony on JSTOR
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Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony on JSTOR
Prestige outlives institutional health
Peaceful, integrated, and long-lasting institutions are often seen as healthy and likely to endure. However, it is precisely these conditions that allow their gradual hollowing-out and descent into dysfunction to remain unnoticed.
The ancient nature of such institutions might signify the presence of a fully-aut... See more
Peaceful, integrated, and long-lasting institutions are often seen as healthy and likely to endure. However, it is precisely these conditions that allow their gradual hollowing-out and descent into dysfunction to remain unnoticed.
The ancient nature of such institutions might signify the presence of a fully-aut... See more
Institutional Failure as Surprise | Samo Burja
All institutions and ways of life need some form of stabilization. By stabilization I mean the process that secures an institution or way of life from failure and decline. But what is judged as a failure or decline is determined by the shape of the stabilization.