Outlines the history and findings of modern organization theory as of the late 1950s, focusing on such topics as … organizations as social institutions, classical organization theory, motivation, conflict, rational decision making, planning and … innovation. Beginning with the classical organization theories of Taylor's scientific management and Gulick's theories of …

the term “organization.” There are a wide variety of definitions with the words and emphasis changing depending upon the … academic school of thought. The simple neoclassical definitions of an organization include a group of persons with a common … formulation includes the necessary assumption that an organization must have a “structured process” relating to the interactions …