"BEHAVIORAL THEORIES OF THE FIRM: A turn from structure to internal processes was the theme of authors such as Richard Cyert and James March, Daniel Katz and Robert Kahn, and Karl Weick... All but one... was a psychologist by education, so it should not be surprising that their view of organization theory emphasizes internal processes and resembles the micro approach of organizational behavior. Another group of theorists, all but one educated as a sociologist, viewed organizations as a product of macro environmental forces. These behavioralists were Jeffrey Pfeffer and Gerald Salancik, Michael Hannan and John Freeman, and John Meyer and Richard Scott. Pfeffer (the only non-sociologist) and Salancik presented a resource-dependent theory that postulates that organizations require support from their external environment and can only survive to the extent that this support is forthcoming. Managers form coalitions to gather support in an open system of external relationships in which there are constraints that create either a munificent or scarce resource situation."
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Daniel A. Wren & Arthur G. Bedeian (2009). The evolution of management thought. p. 464-5
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Gerald R. Salancik
Gerald R. (Jerry) Salancik (Jan. 29, 1943 - July 24, 1996) was an American organizational theorist, and Professor at . He is best known for his work with Jeffrey Pfeffer on "organizational decision making" and "the external control of organizations."
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