02481nam 2200613 a 450 991045496620332120200520144314.01-4462-2826-61-4462-8033-097866123370861-282-33708-41-84920-817-4(CKB)1000000000806960(EBL)465100(OCoLC)655023811(SSID)ssj0000296654(PQKBManifestationID)11227016(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296654(PQKBWorkID)10327147(PQKB)10800053(MiAaPQ)EBC465100(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158720(Au-PeEL)EBL465100(CaPaEBR)ebr10348592(CaONFJC)MIL233708(EXLCZ)99100000000080696020130912d1996 fy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFor positivist organization theory[electronic resource] proving the hard core /Lex DonaldsonLondon SAGE19961 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7619-5226-8 0-7619-5227-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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.OrganizationManagementElectronic books.Organization.Management.302.3/5Donaldson Lex118003StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910454966203321For positivist organization theory2477635UNINA