Contents

About the Contributors and Preface

Chapter 1 - Overview of perspectives on Organization Design and Behavior

     Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota

     William F. Joyce, University of Pennsylvania

PART I: ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 2 - 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

Chapter 3 - Quality of Working Live 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

Chapter 4 - 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

Chapter 5 - 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

Chapter 6 - 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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Chapter 7 - Organization and Environment Perspective

     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

Chapter 8 - The Markets and Hierarchies and Visible Hand Perspectives

     The Markets and Hierarchies Program of Research: Origins, Implications, Prospectsby 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

Chapter 9 - Four Laws of Organizational Research by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford University

Chapter 10 - Apraising Organization Design Theories by John R. Kimberly, Yale University

Chapter 11 - 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