Hypotheses
- The most rational organizations tend to have independent proprietorships (305)Udy, Stanley H., Jr. - Administrative rationality, social setting, and organizational development, 1962 - 2 Variables
This study examines organizational characteristics associated with administrative rationality, as well as how organizational development differs under varying social or cultural conditions.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Rational elements tend to be negatively associated with bureaucratic elements . . . in formal organizations" (793)Udy, Stanley H., Jr. - 'Bureaucracy' and 'rationality' in Weber's organization theory, 1959 - 2 Variables
"Seven of Max Weber's ideal-typical specifications for 'rational bureaucracy' are reformulated as a system of three 'bureaucratic' and four 'rational' variables. It is proposed that (a) bureaucratic variables are positively associated; (b) rational variables are positively associated; but that (c) rational variables are negatively associated with bureaucratic variables." Hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - ". . . administrative rationality involves relative independence of the organization from its social setting" (304)Udy, Stanley H., Jr. - Administrative rationality, social setting, and organizational development, 1962 - 2 Variables
This study examines organizational characteristics associated with administrative rationality, as well as how organizational development differs under varying social or cultural conditions.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "In formal organizations mutual positive associations exist . . . between rational elements" (793)Udy, Stanley H., Jr. - 'Bureaucracy' and 'rationality' in Weber's organization theory, 1959 - 4 Variables
"Seven of Max Weber's ideal-typical specifications for 'rational bureaucracy' are reformulated as a system of three 'bureaucratic' and four 'rational' variables. It is proposed that (a) bureaucratic variables are positively associated; (b) rational variables are positively associated; but that (c) rational variables are negatively associated with bureaucratic variables." Hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Social development . . . results independently in decreased rationality for production determined and political forms and increased rationality for familial and contractual forms" (56)Udy, Stanley H., Jr. - Work in traditional and modern society, 1970 - 3 Variables
Udy divides methods of work organization into 'production determined', 'technologically determined', 'socially determined', and 'pluralistic' types, and examines their prevalence across societies with varying subsistence activities and levels of social and political stratification. Special attention is paid to processes of integration and differentiation and their role in effecting transitions between organization types.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Requisites . . . of administrative rationality . . . form a Guttman scale [in ascending order]: central management, compensatory rewards, specialization, specific job assignment, performance emphasis, segmental participation, and limited objectives" (300, 302)Udy, Stanley H., Jr. - Administrative rationality, social setting, and organizational development, 1962 - 7 Variables
This study examines organizational characteristics associated with administrative rationality, as well as how organizational development differs under varying social or cultural conditions.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Production determined . . . organizations have marked tendencies toward rationality even . . . in the absence of any technological necessity for them to be so . . ." (55)Udy, Stanley H., Jr. - Work in traditional and modern society, 1970 - 2 Variables
Udy divides methods of work organization into 'production determined', 'technologically determined', 'socially determined', and 'pluralistic' types, and examines their prevalence across societies with varying subsistence activities and levels of social and political stratification. Special attention is paid to processes of integration and differentiation and their role in effecting transitions between organization types.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "In formal organizations mutual positive associations exist between bureaucratic elements" (793)Udy, Stanley H., Jr. - 'Bureaucracy' and 'rationality' in Weber's organization theory, 1959 - 3 Variables
"Seven of Max Weber's ideal-typical specifications for 'rational bureaucracy' are reformulated as a system of three 'bureaucratic' and four 'rational' variables. It is proposed that (a) bureaucratic variables are positively associated; (b) rational variables are positively associated; but that (c) rational variables are negatively associated with bureaucratic variables." Hypotheses are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Each successive stage . . . [of contractual organization] . . . represents a progressive disengagement from the social setting, and consequently leads to a more rational, and hence more efficient, mode of work organization . . ." (76)Udy, Stanley H., Jr. - Work in traditional and modern society, 1970 - 2 Variables
Udy divides methods of work organization into 'production determined', 'technologically determined', 'socially determined', and 'pluralistic' types, and examines their prevalence across societies with varying subsistence activities and levels of social and political stratification. Special attention is paid to processes of integration and differentiation and their role in effecting transitions between organization types.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - ". . . contractual agreements often seem to limit the social content of work roles. Political organizations . . . do so less. . . . Production determined forms are just as likely to be rationally organized as are contractual form" (54)Udy, Stanley H., Jr. - Work in traditional and modern society, 1970 - 2 Variables
Udy divides methods of work organization into 'production determined', 'technologically determined', 'socially determined', and 'pluralistic' types, and examines their prevalence across societies with varying subsistence activities and levels of social and political stratification. Special attention is paid to processes of integration and differentiation and their role in effecting transitions between organization types.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author