Conceptual Analysis and Specification of Organization Theories
Henk W.M. Gazendam · University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) · 1994
A grammar (BNF-type) description of organization theories enables an object-oriented, semi-formalized specification of the essential aspects of an organization theory. This specification can be used for the development of simulation models of organizations consisting of intelligent agents. A method for the conceptual analysis and specification of organization theories (CAST,) is based on this grammar-based specijkation. The classical theory of Henri Fayol (1916) has been chosen to demonstrate the CAST method.