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Quotes from The Social Psychology of Organizations — Daniel Katz

1903–1998 United States

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The homeostatic principle does not apply literally to the functioning of all complex living systems, in that in counteracting entropy they move toward growth and expansion.

The Social Psychology of Organizations (1966)

Social organizations are flagrantly open systems in that the input of energies and the conversion of output into further energy input consists of transactions between the organization and its environment.

The Social Psychology of Organizations (1966)

The aims of social science with respect to human organizations are like those of any other science with respect to the events and phenomena of its domain. Social scientists wish to understand human organizations, to describe what is essential in their form, aspects, and functions.

The Social Psychology of Organizations (1966)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Daniel Katz (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.