For Positivist Organization Theory : Proving the Hard Core.
Title:
For Positivist Organization Theory : Proving the Hard Core.
Author:
Donaldson, Lex.
ISBN:
9781849208178
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 - Positivist Organization Theory -- 2 - For Determinism: Against Strategic Choice -- 3 - For Determinism: Subjective Factors in Strategic Choice -- 4 - For Functionalism: Against Politics and 'Parkinson's Law' -- 5 - For Functionalism: The Validity of Blau's Theory -- 6 - For Cartesianism: Against Organization Types and Quantum Jumps -- 7 - For Generalization in Positivist Organization Theory -- 8 - For Generalization of Organizational Size -- 9 - Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Organization theory is presently dominated by theories of strategic choice and politics. Managers are seen as exercising a wide choice and maximizing their personal self-interest through complex power struggles. This stimulating volume challenges these views, arguing instead that managerial decisions are determined by the situation and serve the interests of the whole organization. Showing that organizations follow laws which generalize across organizations of many different kinds in many different national cultures, the book rejects the model of organizational configurations or types. The author offers a critical assessment of leading organization theorists such as Henry Mintzberg, John Child, Michael Hann.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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