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Autore: | Donaldson Lex |
Titolo: | For positivist organization theory : proving the hard core / / Lex Donaldson |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, 1996 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 189 p.) : ill |
Disciplina: | 302.3/5 |
Soggetto topico: | Organization |
Management | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | For positivist organization theory |
ISBN: | 1-4462-2826-6 |
1-4462-8033-0 | |
9786612337086 | |
1-282-33708-4 | |
1-84920-817-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910811763303321 |
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