b. The concept of formal organization as a model of stylistic unity
It is often noted that the formal organization meets exigencies arising out of the complexity and large scope of an enterprise . The rationally conceived form ordersaffiliationsbetweenpersons and performances that are too remote for contingent arrangement, by linking them into coherent maps or schedules. The integration transcends what might result from negotiated agreements between contiguous elements, and lends to elements that are not within the sphere of one another’s manipulative influence the character of concerted action .