Presented by: Juliet Ikhide -17600068 MGMT 605-Organisational Theory Neil, F. (2001). Organizations: Theoretical Debates and the Scope of Organizational Theory, Department of Sociology. University of California, Berkeley. Presented by: Juliet Ikhide -17600068
INTRODUCTION Purpose: To make sense of the OT Strands. OT Origin: Webers bureaucracy, improvement of management control over work process and industrial organization literature. Intertwine of OT origin in 1960 and critique in 1970s and 80s. Outline of the study
Questions dominating the field OUTLINE OF STUDY Questions dominating the field 1.Efficiency 2.Organisation and environmental constraints 3. Leaders role and organizational-environment fit. OT strands-an attempt to answer questions in the field. Issues in the field
OT STRANDS/EVOLUTION OF THOUGHTS S1-WEBER –CLASSICAL S2- ECONOMICS –NEOCLASSICAL S3-HUMAN RELATION RATIONAL ADAPTIVE THEORY Closed/Rigid/System open/flexibly/ adaptable system
STRAND 3-Human Relations Managers role larger organizations-how best to manage it? Classical theory idea still valid but…built on Taylor(1911) perspective Hawthorne(1933) electric plant vs Taylor Human role+ motivation=increased productivity
STRAND 3-Human Relations Classical theory idea still valid but…built on Tva and the grass root (1965) vs. weber’s class stratification on modern society-politics of leaders Alternative theories from bureaucracies (complex) Blau and scott (1962) Formal organizations-Book
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