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American Anti-Management Theories of Organization - A Critique of Paradigm Proliferation

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Klappentext A unique and controversial examination of current theories of organizational structure! popular in the USA. Zusammenfassung This controversial book strongly criticizes recent developments in the study of organizational structure in the USA. Sharply different theories have fragmented the field and taken a negative view of managers. Lex Donaldson argues for an integrated theory! that places managers in a more positive light. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Anti-management paradigms in organization theory; 2. Structural contingency theory of organizational adaptation; 3. A critique of population-ecology theory; 4. A critique of institutional theory; 5. A critique of resource dependence theory; 6. A critique of organizational economics; 7. Towards a unified theory of organizational structure; 8. A way forward for organizational structural theory.

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Authors Lex Donaldson, Lex (University of New South Wales Donaldson
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 16.03.1995
 
EAN 9780521479172
ISBN 978-0-521-47917-2
No. of pages 280
Series Cambridge Studies in Managemen
Subjects Guides > Law, job, finance
Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

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