What theory domain views the interrelatedness of organizational parts as important because they contribute to the overall function of the organization.
What is Systems Theory
100
This theorist wrote "The Functions of the Executive."
Who is Chester Barnard.
100
This 1887 work by Woodrow Wilson laid the foundation for the politics/administration dichotomy.
What is "The Study of Administration."
100
This concept, proposed most famously by Woodrow Wilson, states that politics must be kept separate from administration.
What is the Politics/Administration Dichotomy.
100
Name 2 normative values on which we base organization theory.
What are efficiency, effectiveness, representation, accountability, responsibility, legitimacy.
200
Two components of this theory are satisfiers and dissatisfiers.
What is Motivation Theory
200
Who is the theorist who developed a motivation theory which discusses hygiene factors.
Who is Hertzberg.
200
This theorist wrote the book, "Big Democracy" published in 1945.
Who is Paul Appleby.
200
Karl Marx first used this Greek term to describe the condition in which theory and practice became one.
What is Praxis.
200
This is the reason why wicked problems cannot be solved.
What is no agreed upon definition.
300
What theory seeks to understand organizations through a cultural lens with a focus on values, attitudes and beliefs of members.
What is Culture Theory.
300
What theorist argued that knowledge is not objective; it is tainted by personal interests and the power structure?
Who is Karl Marx.
300
Henry Fayol's work from this essay was used by Gulick and Urwick.
What is "General Principles of Management."
300
What kind of rationality includes in its definition, action which is rational only to the extent that it effectively accomplishes predefined goals?
What is Instrumental Rationality.
300
Name 2 byproducts of technological change as proposed by systems theory.
What are uncertainty and interdependence.
400
This theory domain bases some of its understanding on Herbert Simon's argument of "Satisficing".
What is Neo-Classical Theory
400
What theorist argues that the integrated wholeness of the organisms must be one of the foundation stones of human motivation theory?
Who is Maslow.
400
In this work Max Weber discussed the difference between politics and administration?
What is "Politics as a Vocation."
400
Name the executive commission which created the acronym POSDCORB.
What is the Brownlow Commission.
400
100 years before Osborne and Gaebler, Woodrow Wilson suggested that public administration needed this kind of approach.
What is Businesslike.
500
Esprit de Corps and Scalar Chain are concepts found in what theory by Henri Fayol?
What is the Principles of Management.
500
This theorist argued that "rational-man" theorist like Simon excluded important variables about organizational settings and thus cannot make adequate predictions about organizational event?
Who is Chris Argyris.
500
The author of the article, "The Science of Muddling Through?"
Who is Charles Lindblom
500
Luther Gulick proposes 4 "principles of departmentalization" which can be used to analyze the work of a unit to arrive at the appropriate division of labor, what are they?
What are purpose, process, persons or things, and place.
500
The report "The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization" was focused on the Hawthorne studies and provided the first significant call for a human relations movement, what social psychologist wrote the report in 1933?