The Contingency Theory of Organizations

Download or read book The Contingency Theory of Organizations written by Lex Donaldson and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2001-02-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the theories, evidence and methodological issues of contingency theory - one of the major theoretical lenses used to view organizations. It includes both an appreciation of the coherency of contingency theory overall and a frank recognition of some of the deficiencies in contingency theory research. The coherent underlying model provides the platform from which to make good some of the deficiencies through a series of improvements in theory and method that chart the course for future research.