TITLE

Comment on Robert J. House's review of Bureaucracy and Innovation

AUTHOR(S)

Thompson, Victor A.

PUB. DATE

June 1971

SOURCE

Administrative Science Quarterly;Jun71, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p245

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article presents comments on Robert J. House's review of author's book "Bureaucracy and Innovation." The book examines how valuable innovation is to an organization. According to the author, House misunderstands a few of his points. The author outlines the points that he believes have been misunderstood and also notes that there appears to simply be differences in opinion between the two. The author asserts that his points are all firmly based in fact and that he has given the topic the proper research that was necessary to complete the work.

ACCESSION #

4014361

Tags: BUREAUCRACY & Innovation (Book);  ORGANIZATIONAL behavior;  ORGANIZATIONAL sociology;  COST control;  INNOVATIONS in business;  BUSINESS planning;  INNOVATION management;  HOUSE, Robert J.;  SUCCESS in business;  CREATIVE ability in business;  ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness;  STRATEGIC planning

 

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