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Organisations are not a new invention. The armies, governments and guilds of ancient and medieval societies were often highly organised. What is new is their size and power: “If General Motors were a nation, its ‘economy’ would be the 23rd largest in the world, with Standard Oil (New Jersey) and Ford not far behind”, a recent United States Senate study concluded.
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Williams, M. (1986). Organisations. In: Society Today. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08845-4_26
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