Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/5yEdN4 For Positivist Organization Theory By: Lex Donaldson Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd (UK) Print ISBN: 9780761952268, 0761952268 eText ISBN: 9781849208178, 1849208174 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 1996 Format: PDF Available from $ 24.80 USD SKU 9781849208178R90 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, the book 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 Hannan and Danny Miller - and also of the satirist Northcote Parkinson. Additional ISBNs 9780761952275, 0761952276
