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- Title
Cybernetics and Dependence: Reframing the Control Concept.
- Authors
Green, Stephen G.; Welsh, M. Ann
- Abstract
Control is defined as the cybernetic regulation of iterative activity within dependence relationships This framework is used to examine critical aspects of control and its initiation. Two quasi-control responses, dependence reduction and dependence restructuring, are proposed and discussed. Implications of the framework for research and managerial practice are discussed.
- Subjects
LOCUS of control; CYBERNETICS; INDUSTRIAL organization research; ORGANIZATIONAL structure; INFLUENCE; CORPORATE reorganization management; ORGANIZATIONAL power; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; CONTROL theory (Engineering); INDUSTRIAL management &; psychology; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Academy of Management Review, 1988, Vol 13, Issue 2, p287
- ISSN
0363-7425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/AMR.1988.4306891