| For Positivist Organization Theory Contributor(s): Donaldson, Lex (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761952276 ISBN-13: 9780761952275 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: Organization theory is presently dominated by theories of strategic choice and politics. Managers are seen as exercising a wide range of choices while maximizing their personal self-interest through complex power struggles. For Positivist Organization Theory challenges these views, arguing instead that managerial decisions are determined by the situation and serve the interests of the whole organization. Showing that all organizations follow the same universal laws across technologies and a variety of cultures, this intriguing volume rejects the model of organizational configurations and types. Author Lex Donaldson backs up his theory, offering a critical assessment of leading organization theorists such as Henry Mintzberg, John Child, Michael Hannan, and Danny Miller--along with the satirist Northcote Parkinson. This important book will provide stimulating reading for academics and graduate students in organization, management, and administrative studies. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Negotiating - Business & Economics | Business Ethics |
| Dewey: 302.35 |
| LCCN: 96-069549 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.17" W x 9.19" (0.80 lbs) 200 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Donaldson, Lex: - Lex Donaldson is Professor of Organizational Design at the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales. His publications include American Anti-Management Theories of Organization: A Critique of Paradigm Proliferation (1995) and In Defence of Organization Theory: A Reply to the Critics (1985). |