Classics of Organization Theory

Introduction; a chronology of organization theory. Classical organization theory: Socrates discovers generic management, Xenophon (1869); Of the -division of labour; A Smith (1776); Superintendent's report, D C McCallum (1856); The engineer as an economist, H R Towne (1886); General principles of management, H Fayol (1916); The principles of scientific management, F Winslow Taylor (1916); Bureaucracy, M Weber (1922); Notes on the theory of organization, L Gulick (1937). Neoclassical organization theory: The economy of incentives, C I Barnard (1938); The proverbs of administration, H A Simon (1946); The foundations of the theory of organization, P Selznick (1948); A behavioural theory of organizational objectives, R M Cyert & J G March (1959). Human resource theory, or the organizational behaviour perspective: The giving of orders, M Parker Follett (1926); A theory of human motivation, A H Maslow (1943); The human side of enterprise, D M McGregor (1957); Groupthink: the desperate drive for consensus at any cost, I L Janis (1971); Social influences on work effectiveness, L W Porter, E E Lawler III, and J Ri Hackman (1975); Intergroup conflict, T H Cox, Jr (1993). "Modern" structural organization theory: Mechanistic and organic systems, T Burns & G M Stalker (1961); The concept of formal organization, P M Blau & W R Scott (1962); Organizational choice: product versus function, A H Walker & J W Lorsch (1968); Five basic parts of the organization, H Mintzberg (1979); In praise of hierarchy, E Jaques (1990). Systems, population ecology, and economics theories of organization: Organization theory: an overview and an appraisal, W G Scott (1961); Organizations and the systems concept, D Katz & R L.Kahn (1966); Organizations in action, J D Thompson (1967); General systems theory: applications for organization and management, F E Kast & J E Rosenzweig (1972); The population ecology of organizations, M T Hannan & J Freeman (1977). Power and politics organization theory: Understanding the role of power in decision making, J Pfeffer (1981); The bases of social power, J R P French Jr & B Raven (1959); Leadership in an organized anarchy, Mi D Cohen & J G March (1974); Power failure in management circuits, R Moss Kanter (1979); The power game and the players, H Mintzberg (1983). Organizational culture and sensemaking: Defining organizational culture, E H Schein (1992); Sensemaking, M R Louis; Images of organization: imaginization - a direction for the future, G Morgan (1986); (chapter from their book) Trice & Beyer. Postmodernism and the information age: In the age of the smart machine, Zuboff; The postmodern organization, W Bergquist; Non-linear..., D Kiel (1994).