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TOPIC FOCUSOPIC FOCUS
T THEORY/ THEORIST
EXPLANATION
HR management Elton Mayo
Leadership/Management Managerial grid Blake & Mouton
Independent mindedness Dominic Infante
2-factor theory Fred Herzberg
Motivation
Need hierarchy Abraham Maslow
GST Ludwig von Bertalanffy
Dynamic social impact Bibb Latane
Systems theory
Functional/structural Farace, Monge & Russell
systems
Topic Focus Theory/Explanation Theorist
Organizing Organizing Karl Weick
Structuration Poole & McPhee
Climate
Communication climate Redding Dennis
factors
Org. culture Clifford Geertz
interpretation
Organizational culture Deal & Kennedy
Culture
Org. comm & cul Pacanowsky & Trujillo
performance
Genesis, maintenance, Van Maanen & Barley
transmission of culture
Interaction process Robert Bale
Group interaction Aubrey Fisher
Interaction analysis Superior-Subordinate Laird, Johnson & Downs
communication
Coordinated management Pearce & Cronen
of meaning
Multiple sequence Marshall Scott Poole
Social exchange Thibaut & Kelley
Decision making process
Interactional systems Fisher & Hawes
Organizational control Cheney & Tompkins
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