Organizational Theory and Public Policy
Abstract
Introduction Question - Richard H Hall and Robert E Quinn What is the Connection Between Organizational Theory and Public Policy? PART ONE: ORGANIZATION THEORY AND PUBLIC POLICY: PURPOSE, PROCESS, AND REASON Public Policy and Organizational Theory - Warren F Ilchman and Norman T Uphoff Three R's of Administrative Behavior - Andrew H Van de Ven Rational, Random, and Reasonable (and the greatest of these is reason) Regulation - David P McCaffrey Notes on a Stochastic Process Perspective PART TWO: THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIZATIONS AND THE POLICY PROCESS 'Publicness' and Resource Management Strategies - Barry Bozeman and Jeffery D Straussman Technocratic Corporatism - Wolf V Heydebrand Toward a Theory of Occupational and Organizational Transformation The Corporate Community - Michael Useem Its Social Organization and Political Activity PART THREE: INTERORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS AND THE POLICY PROCESS Public Organizations - Hal G Rainey and H Brinton Milward Policy Networks and Environments State Expansion and Organizational Fields - Paul DiMaggio Trade Association Stability and Public Policy - Udo Staber and Howard Aldrich Interorganizational Communication - W Bruce Bassett and Johannes M Pennings Implications for Public Policy PART FOUR: ORGANIZATIONS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY Organizational Mandates and Client Careers - David E Duffee and John Klofas An Examination of Penal Policy Formal Organizations and Community Primary Groups - Eugene Litwak and Cecilia M Falbe Theory and Policy of Shared Functions as Applied to the Aged The Implementing Organization - Janice M Beyer, John M Stevens, and Harrison M Trice Exploring the Black Box in Public Policy Research PART FIVE: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT OF PERFORMANCE Pondering the Performance Puzzle - John R Kimberly, Fred Norling, and Janet A Weiss Effectiveness in Interorganizational Settings The Competing Values Approach - John Rohrbaugh Evaluation of Innovation and Effectiveness in the Job Service CONCLUSION Environments, Organizations, and Policymakers - Robert E Quinn and Richard H Hall Toward an Integrative Framework