The textbook "Organizations" by Jan Achterbergh and Dirk Vriens offers a comprehensive analysis of organizations as social systems. It examines the principles necessary for designing organizational structures to effectively fulfill essential functions. The authors integrate concepts from (organizational) cybernetics, social systems theory, and Aristotle's ethics to create a framework that describes organizations as social experiments. The book is divided into three parts: the first part deals with the description of organizations, the second formulates principles for designing functions and structures that support meaningful survival, and the third part addresses the design of organizational structures that enable a rich understanding of meaningful survival. This interdisciplinary approach provides valuable insights for professionals and students in the fields of business and law.