Intro -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- PREFACE -- WHY THESE THEORIES? -- THE ESSENTIAL THEORIES -- STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK -- STRUCTURE OF THE CHAPTERS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I THE CORNERSTONES OF SCIENTIFIC THEORY AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS -- CHAPTER 1 ON THE NATURE...

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-Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The theory of cooperative system -- Chapter 3: The theory of formal organization -- Chapter 4: The theory of complex formal organization -- Chapter 5: The theory of informal organization -- Chapter 6: The theory of lateral and scaler organization -- Chapter...

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