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The Contingency Theory of Organizations
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Theoretical integration of organic theory and research in Bureaucracy Theory and Research Causality and Contingency as mentioned in this paper Controversies inContingency Theory Research Challenges from Other Theories Fit Concept and Analysis Fit Affects Performance Neo-Contingencies Theory Future OpportunitiesAbstract:
Core Paradigm and Theoretical Integration Organic Theory and Research Bureaucracy Theory and Research Causality and Contingency in Bureaucracy Theory Controversies in Contingency Theory Research Challenges from Other Theories Fit Concept and Analysis Fit Affects Performance Neo-Contingency Theory Future Opportunitiesread more
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Managing Firm Resources in Dynamic Environments to Create Value: Looking Inside the Black Box
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address current criticisms of the RBV (overight of dynamism, environmental contingencies, and managers' role) by linking value creation in dynamic environmental contexts to the management of firm resources.
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The impact of supply chain integration on performance: A contingency and configuration approach
TL;DR: The findings of both the contingency and configuration approach indicated that SCI was related to both operational and business performance, and indicated that internal and customer integration were more strongly related to improving performance than supplier integration.
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Contingency research in operations management practices
Rui Sousa,Christopher A. Voss +1 more
TL;DR: In order to increase the understanding of patterns of use of operations management practices, OM scholars need to study in more depth the process of selection of OM best practices by organizations, and put forward a framework to underpin such research integrating contingency theory and other theoretical perspectives.
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Examining the effects of contextual factors on TQM and performance through the lens of organizational theories: An empirical study
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used institutional theory and contingency theory as the basis to test the effect of contextual factors on TQM and organizational performance relationships, and found that the effects of these factors on four performance measures are generally similar across subgroups of companies.
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Optimal Structure, Market Dynamism, and the Strategy of Simple Rules:
TL;DR: This study explores the tension between too little and too much structure that is shaped by the core tradeoff between efficiency and flexibility in dynamic environments and finds that the structure-performance relationship is unexpectedly asymmetric, in that it is better to err on the side oftoo much structure.