The External Control of Organizations

Pfeffer, J., & Salancik, G. R. (1978). The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1978

Link

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/books/external-control-organizations-resource-dependence-perspective

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2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Mechanisms

• Directed Relation Matrix
  • Naming who-depends-on-whom is the classic move of resource-dependence analysis, and the matrix is its lightweight instrument.

    This sourceDevelops a resource-dependence perspective for analyzing who controls resources needed by organizations.

• Funding Dependency Register
  • … move is being a living register, kept current and disclosable, rather than a one-off audit or a live alarm: it is the diagnostic backbone that answers "who could switch off our money, and do they overlap with the people we exist to serve?" — the operational form of the fact that resource control is control.

    This sourceDevelops resource dependence as the mechanism through which external control of organizations becomes possible.

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