Examines the general problem of contextual analysis as applied to organizations; the way organizations are or may be classified; how governments, considered as organizations, relate to other kinds of organizations within their domain; and how the different way governments are organized affects nongovernmental organizations under their rule.…

Attempts to study the interbureaucratic political process of budget formulation; to deal with the allocation of money by the interaction of specific federal agencies, departments, and bureaus; to explain how bureaucracies behave toward one another; and to estimate the power of those involved in this one arena of bureaucratic politics. (Author/IRT)

Outlines a strategy for examining the effect of environmentally induced change on organizational behavior. Predicts that organizations will accede to demands to hire more women and minorities but will channel them into positions that are thought to confer the least cost and the greatest benefit on the organization. (Author/IRT)