Organization Theory for Public Administration Michael M. Harmon and Richard T. Mayer Published by: Little Brown and Company, Boston, 1986

Abstract

This book contains 415 pages plus a very rich bibliography, with 244 references, and<br>an index. The book is divided into four parts which contains 12 chapters. It is also<br>very well documented and highly organized.<br>The purpose of the book is "to use organization theory to illuminate, from a<br>variety of perspectives, the organizational contexts within which public adminis-trators<br>act".