Towards a General Model of Management

Litchfield, Edward H. , “Notes on a General Theory of Administration”, Administrative Science Quarterly, June 1956, pp. 3–29.

Frederick, William C. , “The Next Development in Management Science: A General Theory”, The Journal of the Academy of Management, September 1963, p. 212.

Koontz, Harold (ed.), Toward a Unified Theory of Management, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1964, p. 247.

Parsons Talcott , Essays in Sociological Theory, Pure and Applied, Glencoe, III., Free Press, 1949, p. 17.

Shull, Fremont Jr. , “The Nature and Contribution of Administrative Models and Organizational Research”, The Journal of the Academy of Management, August 1962, pp. 124–138.

Gordon, Paul J. , “Transcend the Current Debate on Administrative Theory”, The Journal of the Academy of Management, December 1963, pp. 290–302.

Greenwood, William T. , “Future Management Theory: A ‘Comparative’ Evolution to a General Theory”, Academy of Managerial Journal, September 1974, pp. 504–513.

Presthus, Robert V. , “Toward a Theory of Organizational Behavior”, Administrative Science Quarterly, June 1958, pp. 48–72.

Koontz , op. cit.

Koontz Harold , “A Model for Analyzing the Universality and Transferability of Management”, Academy of Management Journal, December 1969, pp. 415–429.

Parsons, op. cit. and Parsons, Talcott, “Suggestions for a Sociological Approach to the Theory of Organizations — I”, Administrative Science Quarterly, June 1976, pp. 63–85.

Eugene Haas, J. , Hall, Richard H. , and Johnson, Norman J. , “Toward an Empirically Derived Taxonomy of Organizations”, Studies on Behavior in Organizations, Bowers, Raymond N. (ed.), Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1966, pp. 157–180.

Child John , “What Determines Organization Performance? — The Universals v. The It-All-Depends”, Organizational Dynamics, Summer 1974, pp. 2–18.

Van de Ven Andrew H. , “A Framework for Organization Assessment”, The Academy of Management Review, January 1974, pp. 64–78.

Van de Ven Andrew H. , “On the Nature, Formation, and Maintenance of Relations Among Organizations”, The Academy of Management Review, October 1976, pp. 24–36.

Luthans, Fred and Stewart, Todd I. , “A General Contingency Theory of Management”, The Academy of Management Review, April 1977, pp. 181–195.

See, for example, Emery, F. E. and Trist, E. L. , “The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments”, Readings in Organizational Theory: Open-System Approaches, Maurer, John G. (ed.), New York, Random House, 1971, pp. 46–57; Kilmann, Ralph H. and Herden, Richard P. , “Towards a Systemic Methodology for Evaluating the Impact of Interventions on Organizational Effectiveness”, The Academy of Management Review, July 1976, pp. 87–98; Katz, Daniel and Kahn, Robert L. , The Social Psychology of Organizations, New York, Wiley, 1966; Lawrence, Paul R. and Lorsch, Jay W. , Organization and Environment: Managing Differentiation and Integration, Boston, Harvard, 1967; Terreberry, Shirley , “The Evolution of Organizational Environments”, Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1968, pp. 590–613; Thompson, James D. , “Organizations and Output Transactions”, Organizational Systems: General Systems Approaches to Complex Organizations, Baker, Frank (ed.), Homewood, Irwin III ., 1973, pp. 216–235; Thompson, James D. , Organizations in Action, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1967; and Thompson, James D. and McEwen, William J. , “Organization Goals and Environment: Goal-setting as an Interaction Process”, Readings in Organization Theory: Open-System Approaches, Maurer, John G. (ed.), New York, Random House, 1971, pp. 448–458.

See Frank Harrison, E. , Management and Organizations, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1978 and Koontz, Harold and O'Donnell, Cyril , Management: A Systems and Contingency Analysis of Managerial Functions, 6th edition, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1976.

See Harrison, op. cit. and Rice, George H. Jr. and Bishoprick, Dean W. , Conceptual Models of Organization, New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1971.

See Petit, Thomas A. , “A Behavioral Theory of Management”, Journal of the Academy of Management, December 1967, pp. 341–350.

See, for example, Harrison , op. cit.; Petit, op. cit. and Rice and Bishoprick, op. cit.

See Emery and Trist , op. cit.; Petit, op. cit.; Thompson, op. cit.; Thompson and McEwen, op. cit.; Woodward, Joan, Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice, London, Oxford University Press, 1965; and Zwerman, William L., New Perspectives on Organization Theory, Westport, Conn., Greenwood, 1970.

See, for example, Harrison , op. cit.; Harrison, Frank, “Organizational Correlates of Perceived Role Performance at the University and College Level”, Academy of Management Journal, June 1973, pp. 227–238; and Harrison, Frank , “The Management of Scientists: Determinants of Perceived Role Performance”, Academy of Management Journal, June 1974, pp. 234–241.

See, for example, Harrison , “Organizational Correlates of Perceived Role Performance at the University and College Level”; Harrison, “The Management of Scientists: Determinants of Perceived Role Performance”, and Rice and Bishoprick, op. cit.

See Harrison , Management and Organizations; Perrow, Charles , Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay, Glenview, Ill., Scott, Foresman, 1972; Rice and Bishoprick, op. cit.; and Stephenson, T. E., “The Longevity of Classical Theory”, Studies in Managerial Process and Organizational Behavior, Turner, John H. (ed.), Filley, Alan C. and House, Robert J., Glenview, III, Scott, Foresman, 1972, pp. 96–101.

Drucker Peter , The Effective Executive, New York, Harper & Row, 1966.

See, for example, Drucker , op. cit.; Katz and Kahn, op. cit; Mott, Paul E. , The Characteristics of Effective Organizations, New York, Harper & Row, 1972; Price, James L. , Handbook of Organizational Measurement, Lexington, Mass., Heath, 1972; Price, James L. , Organizational Effectiveness: An Inventory of Propositions, Homewood, III., Irwin, 1968; and Thompson, Organizations in Action.

See Harrison , Management and Organizations; Katz and Kahn, op. cit.; Lawrence and Lorsch, op. cit.; Steiner, George A. , Top Management Planning, New York, Macmillan, 1969; Thompson, op. cit.; and Thompson and McEwen, op. cit.

See Eugene Haas, J. and Drabek, Thomas E. , Complex Organizations: A Sociological Perspective, New York, Macmillan, 1973; Harrison, Management and Organizations; and Thompson, op. cit.

See Eugene Haas, J. and Drabek, Thomas E. , Complex Organizations: A Sociological Perspective, New York, Macmillan, 1973; Harrison, Management and Organizations; and Thompson, op. cit.