Organization Theory: A Macro Perspective for Management |
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A Brief History of Organizations | 5 |
Organizations as Systems | 12 |
Suggestions for Further Readings | 18 |
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Academy of Management activities adaptive adaptive capacity administrative component Administrative Science Quarterly analysis approach argued Aston authority behavior Blau bureaucracy characteristics complexity concept conflict Contingencies Theory coordination decentralization decision decline departments differentiation dimensions division divisional employees environment environmental evaluation example external factors feedforward firms formal functional ganizational goals Greenmail growth hierarchy important increase individual industry influence inputs interaction interdependence interorganizational Joan Woodward Journal manufacturing matrix Matrix Management Max Weber measures ment operations technology organization size organization structure organization theory organization's organizational effectiveness outputs perceptual Perrow personnel perspective problems relationship responsibility role rules social sources span of control spanning units specialists staff Starbuck strategy struc subunits suggests task technology-structure TERRATES theory tion tional tive ture U.S. Steel uncertainty units variables Weber Woodward York zation