Description: 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.
Brief description: Lex Donaldson is Professor of Organizational Design at the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales. His publications include American Anti-Management Theories of Organization: A Critique of Paradigm Proliferation (1995) and In Defence of Organization Theory: A Reply to the Critics (1985).
Review Quotes: The students are supposed to give presentations on different organizational theories. I do highly recommend this volume to the students dealing with the "Contingency Theory" as being a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of this theory.--Mrs Susanne Hilland "drupal" (7/5/2010 12:00:00 AM)