Finding the useful middle ground between the fruitlessly simple and the incurably complicated, Keidel (management, Drexel U.) describes organizational patterns in terms of individual autonomy, hierarchical control, and spontaneous cooperation. With these three elements in mind he examines the triadic nature of organizations and the varieties of design failure, the strategies, structures and systems that frame organizational issues, and methods to implement an organizational pattern language and to create a new organizational form. Keidel includes cases studies, notes on design methods, and theoretical triads to apply. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
