Perspectives on Organization Design and Behavior page of
Andrew H. Van de Ven

About the contributors and preface

Overiew of perspectives on Organization Design and Behavior
Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota
William F. Joyce, University of Pennsylvania

Part I: ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES

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The Sociotechnical Perspective

• The Evolution of Sociotechnical Systems as a Conceptual Framework and as an Action Research Program by Eric L. Trist, University of Pennsylvania and York University
• Sociotechnical Systems Theory: A Commentary by J. Richard Hackman, Yale University

Quality of Working Life Perspective

• The Michigan Quality of Work Program: Issues in Measurement, Assessment, and Outcome Evaluation by Stanely E. Seashore, University of Michigan
• The Michigan Quality of Work Life Program: An Analysis of Assumptions and Method by William F. Joyce, University of Pennslyvania

The Aston Program Perspective

• The Aston Program of Research: Retrospect and Prospect by Derek S. Pugh, London Graduate School of Business
• A Trip to View the Elephants and Rattlesnakes in the Garden of Aston by William H. Starbuck, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Rejoinder to Starbuck by Derek S. Pugh

Decision Making Perspective

• Decisions in Organizations and Theories of Choice by James G. March, Stanford University
• Comments on Decisions in Organizations by Charles E. Lindblom, Yale University

The Organization Assessment Perspectives

• The Organization Assessment Research Program by Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota
• Comments on the Organization Assessment Research Program by Cortlandt Cammann, University of Michigan

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Organization and Environment Perpective

• The Harvard Organization and Environment Research Program by Paul R. Lawrence, Harvard University
• The Organization and Environment Research Program: An Overview and Critique by Lawrence G. Hrebiniak, University of Pennsylvania

The Markets and Hierarchies and Visible Hand Perspectives

• The Markets and Hierarchies Program of Research: Origins, Implications, Prospects by Oliver E. Williamson, University of Pennsylvania and William G. Ouchi, University of California, Los Angeles
• Markets, Hierarchies and Hegemony by Charles Perrow, State University of New York, Stony Brook
• A Rejoinder by Oliver E. Williamson and William G. Ouchi
• Historical Determinants of Managerial Hierarchies: A Repsonse to Perrow by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Harvard University
• Postscript by Charles Perrow
• A Final Response by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.

PART II: IMPLICATIONS OF THE PERSPECTIVES

Four Laws of Organizational Research by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford University

Apraising Organization Design Theories by John R. Kimberly, Yale University

Mapping the Field to Create a Dynamic Perspective on Organization Design and Behavior by Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota and W. Graham Astley, University of Pennsylvania

Author Index

Subject Index