POLS 2250 Lecture 3: POLS 2250 Week 3 (Lecture 7, 8, 9)
6 Mar 2018
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Neoclassical organization theory: gained prominence in 1940"s-50s, never replaced classical organization theory, criticized classical organization theory for emphasis on structure and started to move towards emphasis on employee. Chester bernard: de-emphasized authoritarian top-down model, looked at the group as opposed to the individual because he said it was important for productivity for. Robert k. merton: argued that bureaucracies can become dysfunctional, trained incapacity. Phillip selznick: one of the theorist who concentrated on the non-rational aspects of an organization, said organizations are cooperative systems. Individuals interacting as wholes in relation to a formal system of co-ordination: control requires the consent of those who are being governed, and this makes a cooperative system very necessary, formal and informal aspects of an organization. In his view, individuals had to be understood as participating in an organization as a whole: because of this, they bring in their personal interests and beliefs and may not coincide with the organization.
