Abstract
Abstract Industrial sociologists and psychologists have in the past concentrated on the one-case study and there has been little systematic attempt to relate behaviour to contextual and organizational settings. A study of the literature on bureaucracy leads to an analysis of organizational structure in terms of a set of variables (specialization, standardization, formalization, centralization, configuration and flexibility) that are capable of empirical verification. Comparative studies will establish organizational “profiles”, along these variables, and relate them to contextual variables such as size, ownership and control, charter, and technology. The profiles will also allow comparative studies of individual and group behaviour to be undertaken in clear relation to organizational structure.
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