Coordination Without Hierarchy

  Preface

 expand section1—  Multiorganizational Systems
 expand section2—  Formal Failures and Informal Compensations
 collapse section3—  The Problem of Interdependence
 Basic Premises
 Operations, Services, and Planning in Bay Area Public Transit
 Bilateral and Multilateral Interdependence
 Origins of Bilateral and Multilateral Interdependence
 Conclusion
 expand section4—  Informal Coordinative Mechanisms
 expand section5—  The Fruits of Informal Coordination
 expand section6—  Factors Facilitating Informal Organization
 expand section7—  Informal Weaknesses and Formal Compensations
 expand section8—  Coordination and Tradeoffs with Other Goals
 expand section9—  Conclusion
 expand section10—  An Afterword

  Appendix A—  Abbreviations
 expand sectionAppendix B—  Formal Structures and Responsibilities of the Major Bay Area Public Transit Operators
  Appendix C—  The Metropolitan Transportation Commission
  Appendix D—  The Regional Transit Association
 expand sectionNotes
  Bibliography
 expand sectionIndex

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