- Part I: Preliminary Considerations Concerning Cooperative Systems
- I. Introduction
- II. The Individual and the Organization
- III. Physical and Biological Limitations in Cooperative Systems
- IV. Psychological and Social Factors in Systems of Cooperation
- V. The Principles of Cooperative Action
- Part II: The Theory and Structure of Formal Organizations
- VI. The Definition of Formal Organization
- VII. The Theory of Formal Organization
- VIII. The Structure of Complex Formal Organizations
- IX. Informal Organizations and their Relation to Formal Organizations
- Part III: The Elements of Formal Organizations
- X. The Bases and Kinds of Specializations
- XI. The Economy of Incentives
- XII. The Theory of Authority
- XIII. The Environment of Decision
- XIV. The Theory of Opportunism
- Part IV: The Functions of Organizations in Cooperative Systems
- XV. The Executive Function
- XVI. The Executive Process
- XVII. The Nature of Executive Responsibility
- XVIII. Conclusion
- Appendix: Mind in Everyday Affairs
- Index


The Functions of the Executive
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Publication Date: 01/01/1971