Table of Contents

An introduction to organizational ethology and some simple hypotheses of command; The analysis of command and power in the social sciences: the roles of dominance and affiliation; Aspects of the evolution and physiology of human dominance and affiliation; Interpersonal signals of dominance and affiliation; Gestalt methods: naturalistic, observational, and qualitative; The military parade ground command as initial specimen; The inefficiency and agonism of commands issued by nightclub doormen; Artistic directors’ commands in rehearsals; Courtroom commands; Chairmen’s command of meeting procedure: the challenge of aggression; Command in government agencies: towards a reductive analysis of bureaucracy; Summary and implications