Carolina QuotesA great deal of organizational effort is exerted to control the effects of extra-organizational influence:; upon personnel. Daily, people come contaminated into the organization... Many of the irritating aspects of [[organizational structure] are designed to control these sources of contamination.
Charles Perrow Connected to the Carolinas
Source
p. 52
- work
- Organizational Analysis: A Sociological View, 1970
- year
- 1970
- locator
- p. 52
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