Description
Book SynopsisMANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION THEORY
Management and Organization Theory offers a summary and analysis of the 40 most popular, researched, and applied management and organization theories. This important resource includes key instruments used to measure variables in each theory and examines pertinent questions about the theory: strengths and weaknesses, practical applications, and the seminal articles published on each theory.
This is a remarkable book. Jeffrey Miles clearly explains and synthesizes 40 major theories of management and organization in an easily accessible and engaging style. Well researched, comprehensive in its coverage, thorough, balanced, and fair in its analyses of theories, the book is destined to be a major authoritative reference in the field. It is one of the most readable, informative, and useful books I have read. I strongly recommend it.
?Shaker A. Zahra, department chair, Robert E. Buuck Chair, and professor, Strategic Manage
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 Absorptive Capacity Theory 17
2 Actor-Network Theory 25
3 Agency Theory 33
4 Agenda Setting Theory 41
5 Attachment Theory 49
6 Attribution Theory 57
7 Balance Theory 65
8 Control Theory 73
9 Diffusion of Innovations Theory 81
10 Dynamic Capabilities Theory 89
11 Efficient Market Theory 97
12 Ethical Theory 105
13 Field Theory 113
14 Game Theory 121
15 Goal Setting Theory 129
16 Image Theory 137
17 Institutional Theory 145
18 Knowledge-Based Theory 153
19 Media Richness Theory 161
20 Mental Models Theory 169
21 Organizational Ecology Theory 177
22 Organizational Justice Theory 185
23 Planned Behavior Theory 193
24 Prospect Theory 201
25 Psychological Contract Theory 209
26 Resource-Based Theory 217
27 Role Theory 225
28 Self-Determination Theory 233
29 Sensemaking Theory 241
30 Social Capital Theory 249
31 Social Cognitive Theory 257
32 Social Comparison Theory 265
33 Social Exchange Theory 273
34 Social Facilitation Theory 281
35 Social Identity Theory 289
36 Social Network Theory 297
37 Stakeholder Theory 305
38 Structural Contingency Theory 313
39 Structuration Theory 321
40 Transaction Cost Theory 329
Conclusion 337
References 353
Name Index 429
Subject Index 447
