In this pioneering, now classic, and still highly relevant book, Nils Brunsson analyses the way organisations handle a complex environment by including conflicting demands in their structures and by compensating for their actions with contradictory decisions.
Nils Brunsson is a professor of Management affiliated with Uppsala University and the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (SCORE), Sweden. He has punlished numerous articles and has authored, co-authored or edited more than thirty books in the field of management and organizational studies.