“Under norms of rationality, organizations seek to buffer environmental influences by surrounding their technical cores with input and output components.”
Source: Organizations in Action, 1967, p. 20; Proposition 2.2
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Source: Organizations in Action, 1967, p. 19; Proposition 2.1
“Under norms of rationality, organizations seek to smooth out input and output transactions.”
Proposition 2.3
Organizations in Action, 1967
Source: The Social Psychology of Organizations (1966), p. 16-17
Source: Organizations in Action, 1967, p. 36-37; As cited in: Christopher A. Simon (2001). To Run a School: Administrative Organization and Learning, p. 40
Source: Systems Thinking, Systems Practice, 1981, p. 223 as cited in: Gillian Ragsdell, Daune West, Jennifer Wilby (2002) Systems Theory and Practice in the Knowledge Age. p. 82. In the original quote Checkland summarised his earlier work with Smyth published in 1976.
Source: 1970s, "Three Types of Effectiveness Studies," 1977, p. 101 ; As cited in: Diehl-Taylor (1997)

Source: "The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields," 1983, p. 147; abstract