Title: Organizations evolving /
Authors: Aldrich, Howard.; Ruef, Martin
Publisher: Sage,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Organizational change.; Comparative organization.; Associations, institutions, etc.; Organizational behavior.
Abstract: In this authoritative exploration of contemporary organisations and the ways they mirror their environment, Howard Aldrich and Martin Ruef chart the development of organisational forms, as well as assessing the impact on these of external innovations.
Contents: 1. Introduction and Themes -- Our goals for this book -- Organizations: an overview -- 2. The Evolutionary Approach -- Evolutionary processes -- Research illustration 2.1: The evolution of bureaucracy -- Research design in evolutionary analysis -- 3. How the Evolutionary Approach Relates to Other Approaches -- The ecological approach -- The institutional approach -- The interpretive approach -- The organizational learning approach -- The resource dependence approach -- The transaction cost economizing approach -- Summary: the six perspectives -- 4. Entrepreneurs and the Emergence of New Organizations -- Disputes over the definition of entrepreneurship -- $tNascent entrepreneurs and innovation -- The social network context -- Research illustration 4.1: The structure of founding teams -- Knowledge: types, origins, and uses -- Employees, capital, and other resources -- 5. Organizational Boundaries -- Boundary crossing is a way of life: matching organizations and members -- Two models of organizational coherence: users and supporters -- Constructing members -- Evolution of organizational role structures -- Organizational reward and control systems -- 6. Organizational Forms -- Views of organizational forms -- Research illustration 6.1: Routines as a foundation for organizational forms -- Organizational forms and the interdependence of members' schemata -- Construction's consequences: organizational culture -- 7. Organizational Transformation -- Explaining transformation at the organizational level -- Evolutionary explanations at the organizational level -- Examining the three dimensions of transformation -- The extent of member participation in transformation activities -- Consequences of transformation.