Description: For Positivist Organization Theory : Proving the Hard Core, Paperback by Donaldson, Lex, ISBN 0761952276, ISBN-13 9780761952275, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Organization theory is presently dominated by theories of strategic choice and politics. Managers are seen as exercising a wide choice and maximizing their personal self-interest through complex power struggles. This stimulating volume challenges these views, arguing instead that managerial decisions are determined by the situation and serve the interests of the whole organization. Showing that organizations follow laws which generalize across organizations of many different kinds in many different national cultures, th rejects the model of organizational configurations or types. The author offers a critical assessment of leading organization theorists such as Henry Mintzberg, John Child, Michael Hann
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Book Title: For Positivist Organization Theory : Proving the Hard Core
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: For Positivist Organization Theory
Publisher: SAGE Publications, The Limited
Publication Year: 1996
Subject: Business Ethics, Sociology / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Business & Economics
Author: Lex Donaldson
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
