"There is no one best way to organize... Any way of organizing is not equally effective."

"Organizational forms — specific configurations of goals, boundaries, and activities — are the elements selected by en…"

"Until the mid-1970s, the prominent approach in organization and management theory emphasized adaptive change in organ…"

"Within organization studies, contingency theory has provided a coherent paradigm for the analysis of the structure of…"

"Contingency theory is an outgrowth of systems theory. This approach essentially argues that the decision-making style…"

"March and Simon's work reflects a key concern with the issue of inducing contributions from organizational members an…"

"Contingency theorists suggest that we can best proceed by appointing 'the right people' to the job we have in mind, a…"

"This article [entitled A framework for the comparative analysis of organizations (1967)], was one of three independen…"

"Contingency Theory is not a theory at all, in the conventional sense of theory as a well-developed set of interrelate…"

"Contingency theory is guided by the general orienting hypothesis that organizations whose internal features best matc…"