The Contingency Theory of Organizations
Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the theories, evidence and methodological issues of contingency theory - one of the major theoretical lenses used to view organizations. It includes both an appreciation of the coherency of contingency theory overall and a frank recognition of some of the deficiencies in contingency theory research. The coherent underlying model provides the platform from which to make good some of the deficiencies through a series of improvements in theory and method that chart the course for future research.
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The Contingency Theory of Organizations
Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the theories, evidence and methodological issues of contingency theory - one of the major theoretical lenses used to view organizations. It includes both an appreciation of the coherency of contingency theory overall and a frank recognition of some of the deficiencies in contingency theory research. The coherent underlying model provides the platform from which to make good some of the deficiencies through a series of improvements in theory and method that chart the course for future research.
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The Contingency Theory of Organizations

The Contingency Theory of Organizations

by Lex Donaldson
The Contingency Theory of Organizations

The Contingency Theory of Organizations

by Lex Donaldson

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Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the theories, evidence and methodological issues of contingency theory - one of the major theoretical lenses used to view organizations. It includes both an appreciation of the coherency of contingency theory overall and a frank recognition of some of the deficiencies in contingency theory research. The coherent underlying model provides the platform from which to make good some of the deficiencies through a series of improvements in theory and method that chart the course for future research.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780761915744
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 02/20/2001
Series: Foundations for Organizational Science
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 344
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

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).

Table of Contents

Core Paradigm and Theoretical Integration
Organic Theory and Research
Bureaucracy Theory and Research
Causality and Contingency in Bureaucracy Theory
Controversies in Contingency Theory Research
Challenges from Other Theories
Fit Concept and Analysis
Fit Affects Performance
Neo-Contingency Theory
Future Opportunities
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