When Organization Fails: Why Authority Matters

Part 1: Organizational Adaptation to a Changing Social and Technological Environment: The Hazard of Dissonant Practitioner and Managerial Responses Chapter 1. Thirdness as the Basis of Authority Chapter 2. Entanglements of Authority Chapter 3. "Paper Wraps Stones" (Network Management Kills Its Most Popular TV Program) Chapter 4. "Scissors Cut Paper" (The Producers Shred Management's Position) Chapter 5. "Stones Break Scissors" (The President Has the Last Word) Part 2: One Horse, Many Drivers: The Complexity of Inter-Organizational Collaboration. Chapter 6. Integrated National Crime Information System (INCIS) Chapter 7. Writing the "Law" (The Contract: Multiple Agendas) Chapter 8. Position versus Practice: Contests of Authority Chapter 9. The Project: A Different Kind of Authoring Chapter 10. Why Authority Matters