Introduction The Phenomenon of the Organization The Anarchistic Ideal The Desire for Non-Organization Why Organizations? The Theory of Groups and the Free Rider Problem Special-Interest Organizations, Monopolies, and the Collective Voice Outer Forces and Inner Logic Why Inner Logic? On Transaction Costs and Other Forces that Create Hierarchy Mastering the Organization Problems of Bureaucracy and Legitimacy Form and Function in Organization Theory A Summarizing Discussion What is Rationality? On Goal and Value Rationality, Individual and Social Rationality The Concept of Interest Subjective and Objective Interests From the Part to the Whole, and Vice-Versa The Problem of Aggregation and the Choice of the Unit of Analysis The Actors in the Organization Mandator and Executive, Employees and Clients The Organization Process