Conor Vibert

Theories of Macro-Organizational Behavior

A Handbook of Ideas and Explanations: A Handbook of Ideas and Explanations

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive summary of the major theories meant to explain the way business and other organizations work, why they look and act as they do, and what makes some succeed and others fail. Among the many different approaches to the subject, no one school of thought accurately reflects current thinking on these issues. The author presents a much-needed overview of thirty of the major theories that underpin Organization Theory and Economic Organization. Each theory is summarized in a stand-alone fashion, allowing each chapter to be used either in complement or as a separate perspective. Integration of the various topics and perspectives is accomplished within section introductions and in the overall introduction and conclusion to the text. The goal of this book is to inform students of the main issues confronting organizations, the main theoretical ideas within the different paradigms, why it is important to theorize about organizations, how these theories are constructed, and how learning is improved by scanning multiple perspectives. It can be used as a stand-alone uourse text or supplementary text for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in Organization Theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9780765612946
• ISBN-10: 0765612941
• Artikelnr.: 21371440

Autorenporträt

Conor Vibert

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Theories of Macro Organizational Behavior
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 A Primer on Organization Theory, Deborah Hurst, Conor Vibert
Part I Functional Economic Theories of the Firm
Chapter 3 Neoclassical Economics Perspective
Chapter 4 Chicago School Perspective
Chapter 5 Bain-Mason Perspective
Chapter 6 Transaction Cost Perspective
Chapter 7 Network Perspective
Chapter 8 Agency Theory Perspective
Chapter 9 Stakeholder Perspective
Chapter 10 Resource-Based Theory Perspective
Chapter 11 Behavioral Perspective
Chapter 12 Game Theory Perspective
Chapter 13 Property Rights Perspective
Chapter 14 Knowledge Perspective
Chapter 15 Evolutionary Perspective
Chapter 16 Natural Environment Perspective, Gregory R. Berry
Part II Functional Organization Theories
Chapter 17 Bureaucracy Perspective
Chapter 18 Contingency Perspective
Chapter 19 Strategic Choice Perspective
Chapter 20 Resource Dependence Perspective
Chapter 21 Population Ecology Perspective
Chapter 22 Institutional Perspective
Chapter 23 Chaos Perspective
Part III Interpretive and Social Constructionist Perspectives
Chapter 24 Symbolic Interactionism Perspective, Deborah Hurst, Conor Vibert
Chapter 25 Dramaturgical Perspective
Chapter 26 Metaphorical Perspective
Chapter 27 Sensemaking Perspective, Jean Helms Mills
Chapter 28 Organizational Rules Perspective, Albert J. Mills
Chapter 29 Culture Perspective
Part IV Radical Humanist and Structuralist Perspectives, Conor Vibert, Deborah Hurst
Chapter 30 Configuration Perspective
Chapter 31 Postmodern Perspective
Chapter 32 Critical Theory Perspective
Chapter 33 Marxist Perspective
Chapter 34 Poststructuralist Feminism Perspective, Deborah Hurst
Chapter 35 Conclusion