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The Criticality of Norms to the Functional Imperatives of the Social Action System of College and University Work
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 81, Number 3, May/June 2010
- pp. 416-429
- 10.1353/jhe.0.0090
- Article
- Additional Information
In this article, I assert that the work of colleges and universities forms a social action system. I array the critical positions represented in this issue according to the four functional imperatives of social action systems: adaptation, goal attainment, integration, and pattern maintenance. I discuss the role of normative structures for these functional imperatives.