1. Barnard, C. I. (1938). The Functions of the Executive. Harvard University Press.
2. Beyes, T., Hagen, W., Pias, C. & Warnke, M. (2021). Einleitung. In T. Beyes, W. Hagen, C. Pias & M. Warnke (Hrsg.), Niklas Luhmann am OVG Lüneburg: Zur Entstehung der Systemtheorie (S. 9–28). Duncker & Humblot.
3. Blau, P. M. & Scott, W. R. (1962). Formal Organizations. Chandler.
4. Brunsson, N. (1982). The Irrationality of Action and Action Rationality: Decisions, Ideologies and Organizational Actions. Journal of Management Studies, 19, 29–44.
5. Brunsson, N. (1985). The Irrational Organization: Irrationality as a Basis for Organizational Action and Change. John Wiley & Sons.