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Phillip Selznick

Philip Selznick. Student of bureaucracy theorist Robert Merton (Remember Merton slide on bureaucracy?)Heavily influenced by Chester Barnard and Structuralist theoryAdopted Spencer's organismic principles of cooperation.Recognized the influence of the informal group on the organization. Selznick's

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Phillip Selznick

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    1. Phillip Selznick EA&S 501 Fall Semester Chapter Four

    2. Philip Selznick Student of bureaucracy theorist Robert Merton (Remember Merton slide on bureaucracy?) Heavily influenced by Chester Barnard and Structuralist theory Adopted Spencers organismic principles of cooperation. Recognized the influence of the informal group on the organization

    3. Selznicks Beliefs Organizations are goal oriented systems, but irrational, social pressures typically compromise goal rationality. The organization is an adaptive and social system rather than a mechanical one, and is motivated by the need to survive.

    4. Structural Functionalists Philip Selznick 1948 although organizations are formally rational, in actual practice they are greatly influenced by the informal and social aspects of organizations His theories examined the relationships between: Formal and informal organizations Mechanistic and organic management Individual and organizational goals Organizational change Organizations had the following features: goal-directed; self-maintaining internally and with respect to the environment; purposive rationality

    5. Selznick Organizations have life of their own Organizations are Formal structures, Used to attain goals They however cannot override nonrational dimensions: Individuals are not rational Informal systems

    6. Institutionalization Organizational character Corporate culture Separate identity Organizational Self-Defense Survival Success

    7. I/O Organizational Theory Schools of Thought Taylorism Fayol Weber Simon Mayo & the HR Movement Barnard Selznik Lewin and NTL

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