ED 225-237 AUTHOR TITLE . INSTITUTION SP6NS AGENCY REPORT NO PUB DATE, CONTRACT NOTE. . AVAILABLE-FROM PUB TYPE EDIIS PRICE f DESCRIPTORS DOCUMENT RESUME EA 015 24,0 Scott, W. Richard; Meyer, John-W. 'The Organization of Institutional Sectors. Stanford Univ., Calif. Inst. for-Research on Educational Finance and Governance. NatiOnal Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. IFG-PR-82-A16 Jul 82 'CM44IB-G-80-0111 41p. Publications, Institute for Research on Educational Finance and Governance,'School of Education, CERAS. Building, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 ($1.001. --- ,Viewpoints (12'0) MF01/PCO2 .Plus Postage. Decision Making;.*Group Structure; Models; *Organizational Theories; *Organizations (Groups ); *Social Environment; *Social Structure IDENTIFIERS. Anteiorganixati'on4 Rerationships ABSTRACT ,Following recent thinking that sees organizations' structures as dependent on.their enyironments, the authors consider characteristics of.institutional sectors that affect the organizations arising within them. They first point out problems in present models relating otganizitions to-their environments and discuss several "forerunners"of theit proposed model. They begin their presentation of their ovIn model by defining 'an "institutional sector" as a domain identified by similarity of servicd, product, or_ function'. The Apthors then describe four sets of characteristics of institutional-sectors and suggest 23 hypotheses about them. The,first set of characteristics involves.the distinction between technical (or market-run) sectors and institutional sectors (in which rules and requirements predominate). Six hypotheses, regarding organizations in *these two types of sectors are listed. The second characteristic- comprises the sector levels--inciuding national, regional, or local levels--on which an organization operates; one hypothetis is presented.- Sector decision-making processes, on funding or program matters, constitute the third set of characteristics. Eleven hypotheses are generated regarding decision=making-centralization, fragmentation or unification, and substance (whether deciding core or peripheral matters). The fourth set of characteristics and the final five hypothetts inVolve sector controls, including structural, process, or outcome modes of contrOl. (RW) **,**********************************************************t********* Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that.can be made from the original document. **.t********************************************************************