Carolina QuotesWhat do individuals or groups of similarly hope to gain from participation in the affairs of the organization? Or, to use an awkward phrase we shall reiterate frequently, what are the uses to which they put the organisation?
Charles Perrow Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 16
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- Authority, Goals and Prestige in a General Hospital, 1960
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- 1960
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- p. 16
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