Sammelwerksbeitrag(gedruckt)#11995
Origin and Transformation of Organizations: Institutional Analysis of the Danish Red Cross
Since its founding in 1876, the Danish Red Cross (DRC) has undergone substantial changes in its operations, leadership, & member base. Moreover, the tasks undertaken by this organization in any given period have been necessarily dependent on the current mix of participants, problems to be dealt with, & available solutions. Yet how the DRC elects to perform a task in any given period is also determined in part by the identity, structure, & activity patterns that have already been established within the organization. Thus, new institutionalism can better account for the origin & transformations of the DRC than pluralism or neo-Marxism. M. Maguire