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Logics of Legitimacy
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Logics of Legitimacy

by Margaret Stout
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
325 pages
11h 32m
English
Routledge
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130 ◾  Logics of Legitimacy
For our purposes, we simply need to understand that the organizing form of
bureaucracy was designed for command- and- control functions, primarily based
on the political authority and scope of action that was deemed legitimate for
administration. At that time, it was also deemed to be the most ecient way to
organize collective action. However, as the ineciencies of hierarchy became evi-
dent, managerial science began calling for a loosening of the hierarchical struc-
ture (Wilson 2000). is is precisely what management theory proceeded to do.
Ongoing study has led to ever- increasing eciency through myriad organizational
reforms and new management approaches. In contemporary organization theory, ...
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ISBN: 9781466511613