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Classics of Organizational Theory
ISBN: 9780534173043 | 0534173047
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 11/3/1994
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This volume collects the most important works in organization theory, as written by the most influential authors in the field. These are the works of the "masters"-and, having withstood the test of time, the ideas presented by each of the works are commonly referenced in the study of organizational theory. This text is designed to help students learn about, understand, and appreciate key themes and perspectives in the field. The authors begin the text by describing what organization theory is, how it has developed, and how its development has coincided with developments in other fields. Each chapter focuses on one major perspective of organization theory, helping students absorb these concepts before moving onto new ones.
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| A Chronology of Organization Theory | p. 10 |
| Classical Organization Theory | p. 25 |
| Socrates Discovers Generic Management: Xenophon (1869) | p. 34 |
| Of the Division of Labour: Adam Smith (1776) | p. 36 |
| On the Division of Labour: Charles Babbage (1832) | p. 41 |
| Superintendent's Report: Daniel C. McCallum (1856) | p. 50 |
| The Engineer as an Economist: Henry R. ... MORE | p. 52 |
| General Principles of Management: Henri Fayol (1916) | p. 56 |
| The Principles of Scientific Management: Frederick Winslow Taylor (1916) | p. 69 |
| Bureaucracy: Max Weber (1946) | p. 81 |
| Notes on the Theory of Organization: Luther Gulick (1937) | p. 87 |
| Neoclassical Organization Theory | p. 97 |
| The Proverbs of Administration: Herbert A. Simon (1946) | p. 101 |
| Foundations of the Theory of Organization: Philip Selznick (1948) | p. 114 |
| Theories of Bureaucracy: James G. March and Herbert A. Simon (1958) | p. 124 |
| A Behavioral Theory of Organizational Objectives: Richard M. Cyert and James G. March (1959) | p. 133 |
| The Organizational Behavior Perspective, or Human Resource Theory | p. 143 |
| The Giving of Orders: Mary Parker Follett (1926) | p. 150 |
| A Theory of Human Motivation: A. H. Maslow (1943) | p. 159 |
| The Human Side of Enterprise: Douglas Murray McGregor (1957) | p. 174 |
| That Urge to Achieve: David C. McClelland (1966) | p. 181 |
| Intervention Theory and Methods: Chris Argyris (1970) | p. 188 |
| Groupthink: The Desperate Drive for Consensus at Any Cost: Irving L. Janis (1971) | p. 193 |
| "Modern" Structural Organization Theory | p. 201 |
| Mechanistic and Organic Systems: Tom Burns and G. M. Stalker (1961) | p. 207 |
| The Concept of Formal Organization: Peter M. Blau and W. Richard Scott (1962) | p. 212 |
| Organizational Choice: Product versus Function: Arthur H. Walker and Jay W. Lorsch (1968) | p. 217 |
| Organization-Environment Interface: Paul R. Lawrence and Jay W. Lorsch (1969) | p. 229 |
| The Matrix Organization--Who Needs It?: Stanley M. Davis and Paul R. Lawrence (1977) | p. 234 |
| Five Basic Parts of the Organization: Henry Mintzberg (1979) | p. 243 |
| In Praise of Hierarchy: Elliott Jaques (1990) | p. 255 |
| Systems, Contingency, and Population Ecology Organization Theory | p. 263 |
| Organizations and the System Concept: Daniel Katz and Robert L. Kahn (1966) | p. 270 |
| Organizations in Action: James D. Thompson (1967) | p. 281 |
| General Systems Theory: Applications for Organization and Management: Fremont E. Kast and James E. Rosenzweig (1972) | p. 294 |
| Information Processing Model: Jay Galbraith (1973) | p. 308 |
| A Concept of Organizational Ecology: Eric Trist (1977) | p. 316 |
| The Population Ecology of Organizations: Michael T. Hannan and John Freeman (1977) | p. 329 |
| Multiple Constituencies/Market Organization Theory | p. 343 |
| Organizational Effectiveness: A Multiple-Constituency Approach: Terry Connolly, Edward J. Conlon, and Stuart Jay Deutsch (1980) | p. 351 |
| Values in Organizational Theory and Management Education: Michael Keeley (1983) | p. 358 |
| External Influences on Managers: Ian Mitroff (1983) | p. 370 |
| Understanding the Employment Relation: Oliver E. Williamson (1975) | p. 379 |
| Power and Politics Organization Theory | p. 397 |
| Understanding the Role of Power in Decision Making: Jeffrey Pfeffer (1981) | p. 404 |
| Sources of Power of Lower Participants in Complex Organizations: David Mechanic (1962) | p. 424 |
| Leadership in an Organized Anarchy: Michael D. Cohen and James G. March (1974) | p. 432 |
| Power Failure in Management Circuits: Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1979) | p. 449 |
| Organization Development: A Political Perspective: Anthony T. Cobb and Newton Margulies (1981) | p. 462 |
| The Power Game and the Players: Henry Mintzberg (1983) | p. 473 |
| Organizational Culture and Symbolic Management Organization Theory | p. 481 |
| Defining Organizational Culture: Edgar H. Schein (1985) | p. 490 |
| The Making of an Organizational Saga: Burton R. Clark (1970) | p. 503 |
| Organizations as Culture-Bearing Milieux: Meryl Reis Louis (1983) | p. 509 |
| Organizations As Shared Meanings: Linda Smircich (1983) | p. 520 |
| Cultural and Competing Perspectives in Administrative Theory and Practice: Thomas J. Sergiovanni (1984) | p. 527 |
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