Perspectives on Organization Design & Behavior
Edited by Andrew H. Van de Ven
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
William F. Joyce
Tuck School of Business
Dartmouth University
Reprint: http://umn.edu/~avandeve
Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota, 2007.
Originally Published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1981.
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Contents
About the Contributors and Preface
Chapter 1 - Overview of perspectives on Organization Design and Behavior
Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota
William F. Joyce, University of Pennsylvania
PART I: ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 2 - The Sociotechnical Perspective
The Evolution of Sociotechnical Systems as a Conceptual Framework and as an Action Research Program by Eric L. Trist, University of Pennsylvania and York University
Sociotechnical Systems Theory: A Commentary by J. Richard Hackman, Yale University
Chapter 3 - Quality of Working Live Perspective
The Michigan Quality of Work Program: Issues in Measurement, Assessment, and Outcome Evaluation by Stanely E. Seashore, University of Michigan
The Michigan Quality of Work Life Program: An Analysis of Assumptions and Method by William F. Joyce, University of Pennslyvania
Chapter 4 - The Aston Program Perspective
The Aston Program of Research: Retrospect and Prospect by Derek S. Pugh,London Graduate School of Business
A Trip to View the Elephants and Rattlesnakes in the Garden of Aston by William H. Starbuck, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Rejoinder to Starbuck by Derek S. Pugh
Chapter 5 - Decision Making Perspective
Decisions in Organizations and Theories of Choice by James G. March, Stanford University
Comments on Decisions in Organizations by Charles E. Lindblom, Yale University
Chapter 6 - The Organization Assessment Perspectives
The Organization Assessment Research Program by Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota
Comments on the Organization Assessment Research Program by Cortlandt Cammann, University of Michigan
Chapter 7 - Organization and Environment Perspective
The Harvard Organization and Environment Research Program by Paul R. Lawrence, Harvard University
The Organization and Environment Research Program: An Overview and Critique by Lawrence G. Hrebiniak, University of Pennsylvania
Chapter 8 - The Markets and Hierarchies and Visible Hand Perspectives
The Markets and Hierarchies Program of Research: Origins, Implications, Prospects by Oliver E. Williamson, University of Pennsylvania and William G. Ouchi, University of California, Los Angeles
Markets, Hierarchies and Hegemony by Charles Perrow, State University of New York, Stony Brook
A Rejoinder by Oliver E. Williamson and William G. Ouchi
Historical Determinants of Managerial Hierarchies: A Repsonse to Perrow by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Harvard University
Postscript by Charles Perrow
A Final Response by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
PART II: IMPLICATIONS OF THE PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 9 - Four Laws of Organizational Research by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford University
Chapter 10 - Apraising Organization Design Theories by John R. Kimberly, Yale University
Chapter 11 - Mapping the Field to Create a Dynamic Perspective on Organization Design and Behavior by Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota and W. Graham Astley,University of Pennsylvania