Understanding And Managing Public Organizations 6th Edition Hal G. Rainey, Sergio Fernandez, Deanna Malatesta - Solutions

What does a resource dependency theorist say about organization survival?LO.1
Describe the population ecology perspective on organization survival?LO.1
What is the resource dependence perspective, and how can organizations control environmental resources?LO.1
What are organic and mechanistic forms?LO.1
What are differentiation and integration?LO.1
What are the ways in which organizations adapt to environmental uncertainty (e.g., positions and departments, buffering and boundary spanning)?LO.1
What is environmental uncertainty, and what are its dimensions?LO.1
How would you define the concepts “organizational environment” and “environmental domain”?LO.1
How would you describe the institutionalism perspective?LO.1
How do Wamsley and Zald employ ownership and funding in making a distinction between public and private organizations?LO.1
How did Dahl and Lindblom distinguish between agencies and enterprises?LO.1
What are the reasons for the existence of government from a political point of view?LO.1
What are the reasons for the existence of government from an economic point of view?LO.1
What distinction did Dahl and Lindblom make between markets and polyarchies? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?LO.1
What is meant by the "blurring" of the sectors? In what ways does this occur?LO.1
What does the term publicness mean? Is the term useful? Explain.LO.1
What has been the role of increasing complexity and rapid change in the development of management and organization theory? LO.1
What is a paradigmatic shift and how do we know when one has occurred? What type of shift, if any, does the literature suggest regarding organization and/or management theory after 2010? How did you arrive at your answer? LO.1
How have historical trends in society influenced a development in management and organization theory? Provide an example.LO.1
What other disciplines have influenced the development in management and organization theory? On balance do you think the influence has been positive or negative on the field? Explain.LO.1
What have been the important changes in the way theorists and many managers view members of organizations and the nature of effective organizations?LO.1
What is the value of understanding the historical evolution of organization theory? Explain.LO.1
How did the group dynamics movement came about?LO.1
What are the main ideas associated with contingency theory?LO.1
What factors sparked interest in human relations in organization theory?LO.1
What were the Hawthorne Studies about?LO.1
How is the systems metaphor useful for understanding organizations?LO.1
What are some of the main differences between classical theory/scientific management and administrative management?LO.1
Why do you think citizens of the United States tend to harbor more negative feelings about government compared to citizens of Europe? Support your opinion with research evidence.LO.1
How might the study of organization theory and public management help a public manager who is interested in improving the perception of her agency?LO.1
Define the domains of organization theory and organization behavior.LO.1
From your perspective, what criticisms of the public sector are warranted? Are private companies more or less prone to criticism? Why or why not?LO.1
What US government agencies and programs are more likely than others to come under criticism? Why do you think this is the case?LO.1

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