| Description |
xxiii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Wiley series on organizational assessment and change, 0194-0120 |
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Wiley series on organizational assessment and change. 0194-0120
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| Contents |
1: Overview of perspectives on organization design and behavior / Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota and William F. Joyce, University of Pennsylvania -- Part I: Alternative perspectives -- 2: The sociotechnical perspective -- The evolution of sociotechnical systems as a conceptual framework and as an action research program / Eric L. Trist, University of Pennsylvania and York University -- Sociotechnical systems theory: a commentary / J. Richard Hackman, Yale University -- 3: Quality of working life perspective -- The Michigan quality of work program: issues in measurement, assessment, and outcome evaluation / Stanley E. Seashore, University of Michigan -- The Michigan quality of work life program: an analysis of assumptions and method / William F. Joyce, University of Pennsylvania -- 4: The Aston program perspective -- The Aston program of research: retrospect and prospect / Derek S. Pugh, London Graduate School of Business -- A trip to view the elephants and rattlesnakes in the garden of Aston / William H. Starbuck, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee -- Rejoinder to Starbuck / Derek S. Pugh -- 5: Decision making perspective -- Decisions in organizations and theories of choice / James G. March, Stanford University -- Comments on decision in organizations / Charles E. Lindblom, Yale University -- 6: The organization assessment perspective -- The organization assessment research program / Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota -- Comments on the organization assessment research program / Cortlandt Cammann, University of Michigan -- 7: Organization and environment perspective -- The Harvard Organization and Environment Research Program / Paul R. Lawrence, Harvard University -- The organization and environment research program: and overview and critique / Lawrence G. Hrebiniak, University of Pennsylvania -- 8: The markets and hierarchies and visible hand perspectives -- The markets and hierarchies program of research: origins, implications, prospects / Oliver E. Williamson, University of Pennsylvania, William G. Ouchi, University of California, Los Angeles -- Markets, hierarchies and hegemony / Charles Perrow, State University of New York, Stony Brook -- A rejoinder -- Oliver E. Williamson and William G. Ouchi -- Historical determinants of managerial hierarchies: a response to Perrow / Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Harvard University -- Postscript / Charles Perrow -- A final response / Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. -- Part II: Implications of the perspectives -- 9: Four laws of organizational research / Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford University -- 10: Appraising organization design theories / John R. Kimberly, Yale University -- 11: Mapping the field to create a dynamic perspective on organization design and behavior / Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota, W. Graham Astley, University of Pennsylvania |
| Analysis |
Organizational behavior Addresses, essays, lectures |
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Organisations Theories |
| Notes |
"A Wiley-Interscience publication." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Organization -- Research.
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Organizational behavior.
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| Author |
Joyce, William F.
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Van de Ven, Andrew H.
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| LC no. |
81011550 |
| ISBN |
0471093580 |
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