This book examines the psychological experience of work for members of bureaucratic organizations. It focuses on the obstacles to planning and problem-solving that can arise as a result of the unconscious strategies workers adopt to deal with the psychological structure of their own organisation. Combining interviews of planners and public administrators with an analysis of the psychological dynamics at play in their work place, the author formulates a theory for understanding the nature of problem-solving and concludes with recommendations for dealing with barriers to effective problem-solving. Sociologists.
- ISBN10 0195039610
- ISBN13 9780195039610
- Publish Date 17 September 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 July 2001
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 222
- Language English