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Within the structural-functionalist tradition, (comparatively formal) organizations like trade-unions or corporations, and institutions such as the Market, the Family etc. have been defined as “purposeful systems” (Barnard, 1938).
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Conte, R. (1989). Institutions and Intelligent Systems. In: Jackson, M.C., Keys, P., Cropper, S.A. (eds) Operational Research and the Social Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0789-1_28
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