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The Control of Complex Work Organisations

R.S. JONES (Lecturer in Industrial Relations School of Management, Cranfield)

Management Decision

ISSN: 0025-1747

Article publication date: 1 March 1969

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Abstract

I wish to propose a bold extension of the idea that particular managerial controls invite manipulation by lower ranking members in organizations: namely, that all managerial controls invite such manipulation. This contention will be supported by arguments of a general character and by illustrations taken from an actual organization.

Citation

JONES, R.S. (1969), "The Control of Complex Work Organisations", Management Decision, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 6-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb000897

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1969, MCB UP Limited

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