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Lex Donaldson
Researcher at University of New South Wales
Publications - 90
Citations - 17157
Lex Donaldson is an academic researcher from University of New South Wales. The author has contributed to research in topics: Contingency theory & Organizational theory. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 90 publications receiving 16058 citations.
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The Trivialization of Management
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose an approach that builds systematically and continuously on past achievements in the best traditions of other fields where great advances have been made, and propose an alternative, namely professional management.
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Underfits Versus Overfits in the Contingency Theory of Organizational Design: Asymmetric Effects of Misfits on Performance
Peter Klaas,Lex Donaldson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of underfit and overfit on benefits and costs are distinguished, and the differential effects on organizational performance are to be understood by their effects on benefit and costs.
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Divisionalisation and Size: A Reply to Grinyer:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that strategy is a more important cause of divisionalisation than size and point out the theoretical weaknesses of the defence of size by Grinyer.
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Market Discipline and the Discipline of Management
Richard A. Bettis,Lex Donaldson +1 more