Organizational Theory
Volume 2. Human Behavior in the Social Environment
John E. Tropman,
John E. Tropman
University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
Search for more papers by this authorJohn E. Tropman,
John E. Tropman
University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 15 July 2008
Abstract
This chapter looks at organizational theory through an historical and contemporary lens. It considers the history or organizational studies from Max Weber through Fredric Taylor at the early part of the 20th century through Peter Blau and W. Richard Scott and other contemporary thinkers. It reviews the famous “Hawthorn Experiments” as well as the work or W. Edwards Deming and his emphasis on the organization as a social system. The organizational designs of Talcott Parsons (3-level), Henry Mintzberg, (Top 5-part), and John Tropman (the organizational Circle) are discussed. Areas of “emotion work” and “High Risk/High Reliability” organizations are considered, along with the influence of the relatively new positive organizational scholarship. Issues of executive derailment and calamity are considered as well. Finally, a discussion (including demographics) of the nonprofit sector is presented, and the idea of organizational capacity, based upon Aldorfer's “ERG” framework (Existence, Relatedness, Growth) is presented.
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