SOC300H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: List Of Knot Terminology, Parole Board, Executive Order 11246
Document Summary
Returning to the rational systems perspective with the help of neo-institutional theory. Answers or new concepts: symbolic compliance, loose coupling, co-optation (next time) Examples: warden ragen"s governance strategies at stateville, inmate grievance procedures in unknown state. Meyer and rowans most basic point: organizational legitimacy requires visible conformity to fields norms. Problem: fields norms may or not be the most efficient/effective for your organizations technical goals. Formal structures that satisfy a law/norm (offer visible evidence of compliance) But do not affect actual practice they are loosely coupled with practice. Notice- all patrons must be over age of 21 w/ id. Balancing competing imperatives: comply with the law for legitimacy reasons, achieve internal imperatives (profit maximization, control over how things are done) Comply: create elaborate structures, adopt rules ( visible symbols of their attention to law ) This is more or less likely to happen under certain circumstance: 1.
