Centralized Government

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.Administrative rationality, social setting, and organizational development
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.Organization of work: a comparative analysis of production among nonindustrial peoples

Associated Hypotheses (4)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.Rational organization is negatively associated with hereditary stratification, hereditary political succession, slavery, and centralized government (306)
Udy, Stanley H., Jr."Custodial and contractual organizations tend to exist only in societies having centralized governments" (64)
Udy, Stanley H., Jr."Voluntary organization is negatively associated with centralized government. . . . Voluntary organization tends to be absent . . . if custodial organizations are present . . . in the same society" (66)
Udy, Stanley H., Jr."Societies with centralized governments tend to practice settled agriculture. . . . Production organizations are characterized by managerial or separated, rather than corporate, proprietorship" (67)

Associated OCMs

  1. territorial hierarchy
  2. government institutions