Concepedia

A Contingency Theory of Organization Re-Examined in the Context of a Developing Country.

Academy of Management Journal · 1972 · 88 citations · 8 references

Concepts

ManagementOrganization StudiesOrganizational BehaviorOrganizational DesignOrganizational TheoryOrganizationsContingency TheoryInstitutional EnvironmentOrganizational ClimateOrganizational EnvironmentResource DependenceStructural ContingencyEnvironmental ContingenciesOrganization StructureOrganizational DependenceStrategic Contingency

Abstract

The “Contingency Theory” of organizations holds that the “optimum” organization structure is primarily dependent on the external environment of the enterprise. Stable environmental conditions call ...

References

8

Organization and Environment: Managing Differentiation and Integration.

Richard H. Hall, Paul R. Lawrence, Jay W. Lorsch · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1968 · 4.4K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +12

Strategy and Structure: Chapters in the History of Industrial Enterprise.

Charlotte Erickson, Alfred D. Chandler · Economica · 1963 · 3.4K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Strategy +17

Environment as an Influence on Managerial Autonomy

William R. Dill · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1958 · 966 citations

Architecture, Organizational Behavior, Environmental Attitudes +11

Management in the industrial world

Frederick H. Harbison, Charles A. Myers · The International Executive · 1960 · 149 citations

Management, Operations Management, Industrial Organization +3

Organizational Structure and the Multinational Strategy

Lawrence E. Fouraker, John M. Stopford · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1968 · 133 citations

Business, Business Administration, International Management +17