Organizational, Institutional, and Societal Evolution: Medieval Craft Guilds and the Genesis of Formal Organizations.

Kieser, Alfred

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ERIC Number: EJ400567

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Publication Date: 1989

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Organizational, Institutional, and Societal Evolution: Medieval Craft Guilds and the Genesis of Formal Organizations.

Kieser, Alfred

Administrative Science Quarterly, v34 n4 p540-64 Dec 1989

Develops a theoretical frame linking the genesis of formal organizations to societal evolution. Analyzes peculiarities of medieval craft guilds and the developments that caused their decline and replacement by formal organizations. Medieval guilds were important predecessors of these formal organizations. Includes 101 references. (MLH)

Descriptors: Evolution, Ideology, Medieval History, Organizational Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Germany

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