Returning to the Frontier of Contingency Theory of Organizational and Institutional Designs

Returning to the Frontier of Contingency Theory of Organizational and Institutional Designs

Much has been learned, and even more needs to be learned, about designing organizations and institutions. Since the 1960s this research has evolved from contingency to configuration, to complementarity, to complexity and creative theories of organizing. This chapter reviews these evolving theories (...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Academy of Management annals 2013-06, Vol.7 (1), p.393-440
Hauptverfasser: Van de Ven, Andrew H., Ganco, Martin, Hinings, C. R. (BOB)
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