Carolina QuotesThe vast proportion of the activity in organizations goes on without personal directives and supervision – and even without written rules – and sometimes in permitted violation of the rules.
Charles Perrow Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 128
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- Complex organizations, 1972
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- 1972
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- p. 128
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