The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis

The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis

Author: Walter W. Powell

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2012-09-21

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 022618594X

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Long a fruitful area of scrutiny for students of organizations, the study of institutions is undergoing a renaissance in contemporary social science. This volume offers, for the first time, both often-cited foundation works and the latest writings of scholars associated with the "institutional" approach to organization analysis. In their introduction, the editors discuss points of convergence and disagreement with institutionally oriented research in economics and political science, and locate the "institutional" approach in relation to major developments in contemporary sociological theory. Several chapters consolidate the theoretical advances of the past decade, identify and clarify the paradigm's key ambiguities, and push the theoretical agenda in novel ways by developing sophisticated arguments about the linkage between institutional patterns and forms of social structure. The empirical studies that follow—involving such diverse topics as mental health clinics, art museums, large corporations, civil-service systems, and national polities—illustrate the explanatory power of institutional theory in the analysis of organizational change. Required reading for anyone interested in the sociology of organizations, the volume should appeal to scholars concerned with culture, political institutions, and social change.


Institutional and Organizational Analysis

Institutional and Organizational Analysis

Author: Eric Alston

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-23

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 110708637X

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Why isn't the whole world developed? This toolkit for institutional analysis explains how rules affect the performance of countries, firms, and even families.


New Themes in Institutional Analysis

New Themes in Institutional Analysis

Author: Georg Krücken

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2017-08-25

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1784716871

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Institutional theory has become one of the dominant organizational approaches in recent decades. Its roots can be traced to Europe, and an important intellectual objective of this book is to examine North American theory strands and reconnect them with European research traditions. In addition, this book focuses on how organizations and individuals handle heterogeneous and challenging social conditions which are subsequently reflected in various forms of change.


The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism

Author: Royston Greenwood

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2008-03-18

Total Pages: 841

ISBN-13: 1446206696

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Institutional theory lies at the heart of organizational theory yet until now, no book has successfully taken stock of this important and wide-ranging theoretical perspective. With insight and clarity, the editors of this handbook have collected and arranged papers so readers are provided with a map of the field and pointed in the direction of new and emerging themes. The academics who have contributed to this handbook are respected internationally and represent a cross-section of expert organization theorists, sociologists and political scientists. Chapters are a rich mix of theory, how to conduct institutional organizational analysis and empirical work. The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism will change how researchers, teachers and advanced students think about organizational institutionalism.


The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism

Author: Royston Greenwood

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2017-05-01

Total Pages: 929

ISBN-13: 1526415054

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The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism brings together extensive coverage of aspects of Institutional Theory and an array of top academic contributors. Now in its Second Edition, the book has been thoroughly revised and reorganised, with all chapters updated to maintain a mix of theory, how to conduct institutional organizational analysis, and contemporary empirical work. New chapters on Translation, Networks and Institutional Pluralism are included to reflect new directions in the field. The Second Edition has also been reorganized into six parts: Part One: Beginnings (Foundations) Part Two: Organizations and their Contexts Part Three: Institutional Processes Part Four: Conversations Part Five: Consequences Part Six: Reflections


The New Institutionalism in Education

The New Institutionalism in Education

Author: Heinz-Dieter Meyer

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0791481085

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The New Institutionalism in Education brings together leading academics to explore the ongoing changes in K–12 and higher education in both the United States and abroad. The contributors show that current educational trends—including the increased globalization of education, the growing emphasis on educational markets and school choice, the rise of accountability systems, and the persistent influence of business groups like textbook manufacturers and test makers on educational policy—can best be understood when observed through an institutional lens. Because schools and universities are organizations that are stabilized by deeply institutionalized rules, they are subject to the enduring problem of substantive educational reform. This book gives researchers and policy analysts conceptual tools and empirical assessments to gauge the possibilities for institutional reform and innovation.


The New Institutionalism in Strategic Management

The New Institutionalism in Strategic Management

Author: P. Ingram

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2002-08-23

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0762309032

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In this exciting volume, a diverse and accomplished group of scholars work to integrate theories of institutions with strategic management. The research they present examines a wide range of industrial contexts, ranging from American retailing at the end of the nineteenth century, to German tax law at the beginning of the twenty-first.


Markets from Culture

Markets from Culture

Author: Patricia H. Thornton

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780804740210

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Institutional logics, the underlying governing principles of societal sectors, strongly influence organizational decision making. Any shift in institutional logics results in a similar shift in attention to alternative problems and solutions and in new determinants for executive decisions. Examining changes in institutional logics in higher-education publishing, this book links cultural analysis with organizational decision making to develop a theory of attention and explain how executives concentrate on certain market characteristics to the exclusion of others. Analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data from the 1950s to the 1990s, the author shows how higher education publishing moved from a culture of independent domestic publishers focused on creating markets for books based on personal, relational networks to a culture of international conglomerates that create markets from corporate hierarchies. This book offers broader lessons beyond publishing--its theory is applicable to explaining institutional changes in organizational leadership, strategy, and structure occurring in all professional services industries.


Organizations and Organizing

Organizations and Organizing

Author: W Richard Scott

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-07

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 1317345916

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This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations. This book is a valuable tool for the reader, as we are all intertwined with organizations in one form or another. Numerous other disciplines besides sociology are addressed in this book, including economics, political science, strategy and management theory. Topic areas discussed in this book are the importance of organizations; defining organizations; organizations as rational, natural, and open systems; environments, strategies, and structures of organizations; and organizations and society. For those employed in fields where knowledge of organizational theory is necessary, including sociology, anthropology, cognitive psychology, industrial engineering, managers in corporations and international business, and business strategists.


Institutional Theory

Institutional Theory

Author: Ronald L. Jepperson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-04

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1107078377

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Comprehensively collects the essential theoretical ideas of 'sociological neo-institutionalism', one of the leading approaches in social theory.