CLASSICAL ORGANIZATION THEORY

CLASSICAL ORGANIZATION THEORY: FROM GENERIC MANAGEMENT

OFSOCRATES TO BUREAUCRACY OF WEBER by Őzgür Őnday

Please make sure the review addresses:

1. What is the basic argument made by the author(s)? What are its strengths?

2. What are the weaknesses of the argument?

3. If you disagree with an argument, what would it take to convince you?

4. Are there critical differences between these authors’ arguments and those of others

we have read?

5. What is the focal level of analysis?

6. What are the key concepts?

7. What are the underlying (implicit or explicit) assumptions made by the author(s)?

8. What is the main causal mechanism / explanation?

9. If they are inconsistent, could the difference be resolved, theoretically or empirically?

10. What would be the ideal (albeit unrealistic) way to test this theory?

11. [For empirical papers]: is the evidence convincing? Is the research design appropriate?

12. Are there alternate explanations or lines of reasoning the authors omit?