Introduction -- 0.1 Plan Of The Book -- 0.2 The Theory In Brief -- 0.3 Comparison With Other Models Of Organizing -- Chapter 1. The Concept Of Rational Administration -- 1.1 Ideas About Organizing -- 1.2 Generalizing The Rational Model To Government -- 1.3 Max Weber'S Synthesis -- 1.4 The Rational Model In Early Finance Administration -- 1.5 Summary -- Chapter 2. The Problem Of Bureaucratic Growth -- 2.1 Bureaucratic Growth: The Facts -- 2.2 Bureaucratic Growth In Organizational Theory -- 2.3 Bureaucratic Growth In Economic Theory -- 2.4 Summary -- Chapter 3. The Concept Of Organization -- 3.1 A Revised Concept Of Organization -- 3.2 The Construction Of Municipal Finance Organization -- 3.3 An Operational Definition Of Organization -- Chapter 4. Models Of Bureaucratic Growth -- 4.1 Measures Of Growth -- 4.2 Patterns Of Growth And Change -- 4.3 Models Of Growth -- Chapter 5. Task Environments And The Growth Of Bureaucracy -- 5.1 The Problem Of Exponential Growth -- 5.2 Effects Of Task Measures On Bureaucratic Size -- 5.3 Conclusion: Why Does Year Cause Growth? -- Chapter 6. The "Liability Of Newness" In Public Bureaucracies -- 6.1 The Model -- 6.2 Age-Dependence In Death Rates -- 6.3 Discussion -- Chapter 7. Structure And Persistence In Organizational Hierarchies -- 7.1 The Problem -- 7.2 Ascertaining The Advantages Of Organiziation -- 7.3 Models And Results -- 7.4 Implications -- Chapter 8. The Bureaucratic Structure Hypothesis -- 8.1 Structure And Size: Problems Of Estimation And Inference -- 8.2 Models Of Size And Organizational Structure -- 8.3 Implications -- Chapter 9. Alternatives To Bureaucratic Growth -- 9.1 Toward A Theory Of Bureaucratic Growth -- 9.2 Limits To Bureaucratic Growth -- 9.3 Alternatives To Growth -- 9.4 Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.