Donald W. Katzner, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US

‘I am not going to buy a copy of Organization in the Economic Firm: I am going to purchase two. One shall sit on my bookshelves, ready to be used when the other – which will be constantly on my desk for consultation – will be worn out. Don Katzner has managed to write yet another masterpiece.’

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction to Organization in the Economic Firm PART I THE STRUCTURE OF AUTHORITY 2. Rank, level, and control 3. Height and thickness 4. Supervision 5. Time, order, and firm organization PART II ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY 6. Complexity and responsiveness 7. Complexity, output, and profit PART III PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING 8. Collective decision making 9. Participatory decision making 10. The location of decision making 11. The need to restructure PART IV ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY 12. Administrative efficiency 13. Allocative efficiency 14. The efficiency of organizational forms 15. Conclusion to Organization in the Economic Firm Index

Donald W. Katzner, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US

‘I am not going to buy a copy of Organization in the Economic Firm: I am going to purchase two. One shall sit on my bookshelves, ready to be used when the other – which will be constantly on my desk for consultation – will be worn out. Don Katzner has managed to write yet another masterpiece.’

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction to Organization in the Economic Firm PART I THE STRUCTURE OF AUTHORITY 2. Rank, level, and control 3. Height and thickness 4. Supervision 5. Time, order, and firm organization PART II ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY 6. Complexity and responsiveness 7. Complexity, output, and profit PART III PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING 8. Collective decision making 9. Participatory decision making 10. The location of decision making 11. The need to restructure PART IV ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY 12. Administrative efficiency 13. Allocative efficiency 14. The efficiency of organizational forms 15. Conclusion to Organization in the Economic Firm Index

Donald W. Katzner, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US

‘I am not going to buy a copy of Organization in the Economic Firm: I am going to purchase two. One shall sit on my bookshelves, ready to be used when the other – which will be constantly on my desk for consultation – will be worn out. Don Katzner has managed to write yet another masterpiece.’

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction to Organization in the Economic Firm PART I THE STRUCTURE OF AUTHORITY 2. Rank, level, and control 3. Height and thickness 4. Supervision 5. Time, order, and firm organization PART II ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY 6. Complexity and responsiveness 7. Complexity, output, and profit PART III PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING 8. Collective decision making 9. Participatory decision making 10. The location of decision making 11. The need to restructure PART IV ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY 12. Administrative efficiency 13. Allocative efficiency 14. The efficiency of organizational forms 15. Conclusion to Organization in the Economic Firm Index