Organizational behavior 2. Essential theories of process and structure / John B. Miner.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Science and its theory -- The conduct of research and the development of knowledge -- Administrative behavior and organizations / Herbert Simon, James March and Herbert Simon -- Behavioral theory of the firm / Richard Cyert, James March -- Organizational learning concepts / James March -- Organizing and sensemaking / Karl Weick -- Image theory / Lee Roy Beach -- Control theory (using the control graph) / Arnold Tannenbaum -- The social psychology of organizations / Daniel Katz, Robert Kahn -- Sociotechnical systems theory / Eric Trist, Fred Emery -- Sociological open systems theory / James Thompson -- Mechanistic and organic systems / Tom Burns, G.M. Stalker -- Contingency theory of organizations--differentiation and integration / Paul Lawrence, Jay Lorsch -- The theory of bureaucracy / Max Weber -- Theory undergirding the Aston studies / Derek Pugh, David Hickson, C. Robert Hinings -- Theory of differentiation / Peter Blau -- Goal congruence theory and organization development / Chris Argyris -- Organizational culture theory and process consultation / Edgar Schein -- External control of organizations--resource dependence perspective / Jeffrey Pfeffer, Gerald Salancik -- Neoinstitutional theory / John Meyer and Richard Scott, Lynne Zucker, Paul DiMaggio, and Walter Powell -- Organizational ecology and demography / Michael Hannan, John Freeman, Glenn Carroll.