This new edition of the successful textbook Organization Theories discusses various approaches to theory formation in organization research, offers a critical presentation of the most important organization theories and evaluates their empirical explanatory power. It includes chapters on the foundations of organization theory in scientific theory, Max Weber=s analysis of bureaucracy, management teachings (from good-practice rules through Taylorism to the human relations movement), decision-making theory in the behavioural sciences, the situational approach, institutional economic theory, approaches involving evolutionary theory, neo-institutionalism, interpretive theories, network theory and Luhmann=s systems theory. All the chapters have been revised and updated for the eighth edition.
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Dr. Alfred Kieser is Emeritus Professor of General Business Administration and Organization at the University of Mannheim and is a guest professor at the private University of Witten/Herdecke. Dr. Mark Ebers is Professor of General Business Administration, Corporate Development and Organization at the University of Cologne.
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