1st Edition
Theories of Macro-Organizational Behavior: A Handbook of Ideas and Explanations A Handbook of Ideas and Explanations
By Conor Vibert
Copyright 2004
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides a comprehensive summary of the major theories meant to explain the way business and other organizations work, why they look and act as they do, and what makes some succeed and others fail. Among the many different approaches to the subject, no one school of thought accurately reflects current thinking on these issues. The author presents a much-needed overview of thirty of the... Read more
Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. A Primer on Organization Theory with Deborah Hurst; Part 1. Function Economic Theories of the Firm; 3. Neo-Classical Economics Perspective; 4. Chicago School Perspective; 5. Bain-Mason Perspective; 6. Transaction Cost Perspective; 7. Network Perspective; 8. Agency Perspective; 9. Stakeholder Perspective; 10. Resource Based Theory Perspective; 11. Behavioral Perspective; 12. Game Theory Perspective; 13. Property Right Perspective; 14. Knowledge Perspective; 15. Evolutionary Perspective; 16. Natural Environment Perspective Greg Berry; Part 2. Functional Organization Theories; 17. Bureaucracy Perspective; 18. Contingency Perspective; 19. Strategic Choice Perspective; 20. Resource Dependence Perspective; 21. Population Ecology Perspective; 22. Institutional Perspective
Biography
Conor Vibert
