Organizational theory Quotes

“Management theory”

“Theory of the firm”

“Contingency theory”

“World-systems theory”

“Institutional theory”

“Scientific management”

“Enterprise architecture”

“Principles of organization”

“Public administration theory”

“Organizational theory is based on a culture's answers to questions about the self.”

“The modern period in organization theory is characterized by vogues, heterogeneity, claims and counter-claims.”

“Wikipedia: Organizational theory”

“The purpose of spending years developing an organizational theory is the hope that it will lead to improvements in organizations.”

“To some, organizational theory is a field of study; to others, it is the process of using metaphorical language to describe organizational processes.”

“Today perhaps the most popular organizational theory is institutional theory.”

“Theory is a dirty word in some managerial quarters. That is rather curious, because all of us, managers especially, can no more get along without theories than libraries can get along without catalogs — and for the same reason: theories help us make sense of incoming information.”

“Classical organization theory suffers from "ethnocentrism": It ignores the significance of the political, social, and economic milieu in shaping organizations and influencing managerial practice.”

“From the beginning, the forces of light and the forces of darkness have polarized the field of organizational analysis, and the struggle has been protracted and inconclusive. The forces of darkness have been represented by the mechanical school of organizational theory— those who treat the organization as a machine. This school characterizes organizations in terms o£ such things as:”

“The concept of leadership has an ambiguous status in organizational practice, as it does in organizational theory. In practice, management appears to be of two minds about the exercise of leadership. Many jobs are so specified in content and method that within very broad limits differences among individuals become irrelevant, and acts of leadership are regarded as gratuitous at best, and at worst insubordinate”

“Traditional organizational theories have tended to view the human organization as a closed system. This tendency has led to a disregard of differing organizational environments and the nature of organizational dependency on environment. It has led also to an over-concentration on principles of internal organizational functioning, with consequent failure to develop and understand the processes of feedback which are essential to survival.”