The Theory of Lateral and Scalar Organization
Barnard added a new concept of organization, lateral organization, when he published his second book, Organization and Management. When Barnard (1938 ) argued the theory of complex formal organization, he pointed out that there are two different complex o
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Kazuhito Isomura
Organization Theory by Chester Barnard An Introduction 123
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Kazuhito Isomura
Organization Theory by Chester Barnard An Introduction
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Kazuhito Isomura Faculty of Science and Engineering Chuo University Tokyo, Japan
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Preface
I have studied Barnard’s management thought for more than 30 years since I was a graduate school student at Kyoto University. Fortunately, I was under the supervision of Haruki Iino, a leading researcher on Barnard’s organization and management theory. I published a book, Soshiki to Ken-i (Organization and Authority), as a doctoral thesis on the basis of Barnard’s theory; the book depicted an organization as a relationship of dyadic human relations and proposed a new model of organizational authority from the viewpoint of a triadic relationship among a superior, a subordinate, and their peers. There is a huge accumulation of research on Barnard in Japan. One reason for this is that Iino played a major role in introducing and developing Barnard’s theory in Japan. Iino collaborated with William B. Wolf, an expert on Barnard, and organized a research group, the Chester I. Barnard Society of Japan. However, no Japanese researchers have written their books and papers in English except Iino, and there are no
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