02547nam 2200637Ia 450 991081176330332120200520144314.01-4462-2826-61-4462-8033-097866123370861-282-33708-41-84920-817-4(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(FINmELB)ELB131548(EXLCZ)99100000000080696019960715d1996 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrFor positivist organization theory proving the hard core /Lex Donaldson1st ed.London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publications19961 online resource (x, 189 p.) illDescription 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.OrganizationManagementOrganization.Management.302.3/5Donaldson Lex118003MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811763303321For positivist organization theory3998788UNINA