SOCIOL 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: System On A Chip, Common Cause, Social Control
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Interorganizational control attempts as well or social control processes. Banks attempt to control dividend policies of firms which they lend money to. Attempt to affect decisions of businesses and organizations. Even with more than one causal agent is based on interdependent agents. O. i. outcome a interdependent, or jointly determined with outcome b. Increasing coordination = increasing mutual control over each others activities. How orgs resist or comply with outside influence. More conditions met = more likely external control. Influenceer and focal org act to affect conditions governing influencing process. Power in org is reducing uncertainties (more irreplaceable actor = more power) 3 factors of dependence of org on org. Resource: extent org needs it for survival. Extent which interest group has discretion over a resource. Extent of few alternatives or extent of control over the resource by an interest group. 2 criticality of resource (relative magnitude of exchange and criticality of resource.