Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Science and Its Theory
2. The Conduct of Research and the Development of Knowledge 3. Organizational Decision Making
4. Administrative Behavior and Organizations
5. Behavioral Theory of the Firm
6. Organizational Learning Concepts
7. Organizational and Sensemaking
8. Image Theory
9. Bueucralted Concepts
10. The Theory of Bureucracy
11. Theory Undergirding the Aston Studies
12. Theory of Differentiation
13. Goal Congruence Theory and Organization Development
14. Organization Culture Theory and Process Consultation
15. Sociological Concepts of Organization
16. External Control of Organization Resource Dependence Perspective
17. System Concepts of Organizations
18. Control Theory Using the Control Graph
19. The Social Psychology of Organizations
20. Sociotechnical Systems Theory
21. Sociological Open Systems Theory
22. Mechanistic and Organic Systems Contingency Theory of Organizations Differentiation and Integration
23. Neoinstitutional Theory
24. Organizational Ecology and Demography

This comprehensive text provides a detailed review and analysis of the building-block theories in the macro-organizational behavior field.

John Miner has identified the key theories that any student or scholar needs to understand to be considered literate in the discipline. Each chapter includes the background of the theorist represented, the context in which the theory arose, the initial and subsequent theoretical statements, research on the theory by the theory's author and others (including meta-analysis and reviews), and practical applications.

Special features, including boxed summaries of each theory at the beginning of each chapter; two introductory chapters on the scientific method and the development of knowledge; and detailed, comprehensive references, help make this text especially useful for every student and scholar in the field.