ABSTRACT
Behavioral-science research has produced many new insights for the arts of organization and administration. Many of the implications pertain to the larger features of organization design. The purpose of this chapter is to explore these implications and those of the techniques of systems analysis that have recently assumed an important role in many fields of endeavor. This requires consideration of the new ideas provided by the developing theory of self-regulating systems and their place in organization theory. It also requires a consideration of the impact of systems technology itself on existing organizations.
