The church as a local organisation : a comparative case study in the sociology of organisations

This thesis uses a comparative case study as the means for demonstrating how the policies and attitudes of local churches are influenced by organisational factors. A model based on open systems theory reveals that each local church mediates and processes a variety of environmental inputs. As a resul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Kenneth John
Published: University of Warwick 1989
Subjects:
301
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.255771