ABSTRACT

This comprehensive text provides a detailed review and analysis of the building-block theories in the macro-organizational behavior field.

John Miner has identified the key theories that any student or scholar needs to understand to be considered literate in the discipline. Each chapter includes the background of the theorist represented, the context in which the theory arose, the initial and subsequent theoretical statements, research on the theory by the theory's author and others (including meta-analysis and reviews), and practical applications.

Special features, including boxed summaries of each theory at the beginning of each chapter; two introductory chapters on the scientific method and the development of knowledge; and detailed, comprehensive references, help make this text especially useful for every student and scholar in the field.

part I|37 pages

Scientific Introduction

part II|88 pages

Organizational Decision Making

chapter 5|12 pages

Organizational Learning Concepts

chapter 6|19 pages

Organizing and Sensemaking

chapter 7|18 pages

Image Theory

part III|125 pages

Systems Concepts of Organizations

part IV|100 pages

Bureaucracy-Related Concepts