Frontmatter — Preface — Contents — Introduction — Chapter 1. The Concept of Rational Administration — Chapter 2. The Problem of Bureaucratic Growth — Chapter 3. The Concept of Organization — Chapter 4. Models of Bureaucratic Growth — Chapter 5. Task Environments and the Growth of Bureaucracy — Chapter 6. The “Liability of Newness” in Public Bureaucracies — Chapter 7. Structure and Persistence in Organizational Hierarchies — Chapter 8. The Bureaucratic Structure Hypothesis — Chapter 9. Alternatives to Bureaucratic Growth — References — Author Index — Subject Index — Backmatter