Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Question: is there a connection between organizational theory and public policy? / Richard H. Hall and Robert E. Quinn -- Part 1: Organizational theory and public policy: purpose, process, and reason -- Public policy and organizational t heory / Warren F. Ilchman and Norman T. Uphoff -- Three Rs of administrative behavior: rational, random, and reasonable (and the greatest of these is reason) / Andrew H. Van De Ven -- Regulation: notes on a stochastic process perspective / David P. McCaffrey -- Part 2: The evolution of organizations and the policy process -- "Publicness" and resource management strategies / Barry Bozeman and Jeffrey D. Straussman -- Technocratic corporatism: toward a theory of occupational and organizational transformation / Wolf V. Heydebrand -- The corporate community: its social organization and the rise of business political activity in the United States and United Kingdom / Michael Useem -- Part 3: Interorganizational networks and the policy process -- Public organizations: policy networks and environments / Hal G. Rainey and H. Brinton Milward -- State expansion and organizational fields / Paul DiMaggio -- Trade association stability and public policy / Udo Staber and Howard Aldrich -- Interorganizational communication / W. Bruce Bassett and Johannes M. Pennings -- Part 4: Organizations and the implementation of policy / Organizational mandates and client careers: an examination of penal policy / David E. Duffee and John Klofas -- Formal organizations and community primary groups: theory and policy of shared functions as applied to the aged / Eugene Litwak and Cecilia M. Falbe -- The implementing organization: exploring the black box in research in public policy / Janice M. Beyer, John M. Stevens, and Harrison M. Trice -- Part 5: The conceptualization and measurement of performance -- Pondering the performance puzzle: effectiveness in interorganizational settings / John R. Kimberly, Frederick Norling, and Janet A. Weiss -- The competing values approach: innovation and effectiveness in the job service / John Rohrbaugh -- Conclusion -- Environments, organizations, and policymakers: toward an integrative framework / Robert E. Quinn and Richard H. Hall.

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