Theories of Macro-Organizational Behavior: A Handbook of Ideas and Explanations: A Handbook of Ideas and Explanations

by Conor Vibert

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315290072
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/02/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	808 KB

About the Author

Conor Vibert

Table of Contents

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;