An Overview of Four Fundamental Theories of Organizations
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The aim of this paper is to provide a basic understanding about the four fundamental theories of organization: Contingency theory, resource dependence theory, institutional theory, and population ecology theory of organizations, and to review in which way these theories differ in a detailed way. Along with a comparison of these theories, this paper aims to provide a general historical summary about them. Base assumptions and standpoints of these theories are overviewed, and main limitations and critiques against these theories are discussed. Besides, a comparison is provided to further explicate these highly acknowledged theories. While all four theories carry a resemblance and may seem to be more valuable if converge, they are fundamentally different from each other. A general review was carried out on some fundamental criteria such as the level of analysis, preferred methodological methods, depiction of organization and success criteria.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Contingency theory, resource dependence theory, institutional theory, population ecology, organization theory
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