TY - BOOK AU - Pfeffer, Jeffrey. AU - Salancik, Gerald R. TI - The external control of organizations : : a resource dependence perspective SN - 0060451939 AV - HD60 .P46 PY - 1978/// CY - New York : PB - Harper & Row KW - Industries KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes index; An external perspective on organizations -- Organization and social context defined -- Social control of organizations -- The organizational environment and how it is known -- Managing organizational demands: adaptation and avoidance -- Altering organizational interdependence: controlling -- The negotiated environment: establishing collective -- The created environment: controlling interdependence -- Executive succession: a mechanism for environmental effects -- The design and management of externally controlled organizations ER -