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For positivist organization theory : proving the hard core / Lex Donaldson.

By: Publication details: London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 1996Description: x, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0761952276 (pbk.)
  • 9780761952275 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.35 DON
Contents:
1. Positivist Organization Theory -- 2. For Determinism: Against Strategic Choice -- 3. For Determinism: Subjective Factors in Strategic Choice -- 4. For Functionalism: Against Politics and 'Parkinson's Law' -- 5. For Functionalism: The Validity of Blau's Theory -- 6. For Cartesianism: Against Organization Types and Quantum Jumps -- 7. For Generalization in Positivist Organization Theory -- 8. For Generalization of Organizational Size -- 9. Conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-183) and index.

1. Positivist Organization Theory -- 2. For Determinism: Against Strategic Choice -- 3. For Determinism: Subjective Factors in Strategic Choice -- 4. For Functionalism: Against Politics and 'Parkinson's Law' -- 5. For Functionalism: The Validity of Blau's Theory -- 6. For Cartesianism: Against Organization Types and Quantum Jumps -- 7. For Generalization in Positivist Organization Theory -- 8. For Generalization of Organizational Size -- 9. Conclusions.

British Degree Programme : UMOCAA-3