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UNINA9910811763303321 |
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Donaldson Lex |
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Titolo |
For positivist organization theory : proving the hard core / / Lex Donaldson |
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London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, 1996 |
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1-4462-2826-6 |
1-4462-8033-0 |
9786612337086 |
1-282-33708-4 |
1-84920-817-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 189 p.) : ill |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this analysis of earlier positivist research evidence, Donaldson discovers an underlying order in organisational phenomena in which factors such as organisational size and incremental adaptation still have high explanatory power. |
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