Chun-Xia Yang
Department of Business Administration, School of Management, Jinan University, 510632, GuangZhou, China
Han-Min Liu
Department of Business Administration, School of Management, Jinan University, 510632, GuangZhou, China
Xing-Xiu Wang
Department of Business Administration, School of Management, Jinan University, 510632, GuangZhou, China
ABSTRACT
Since the end of the last century, complex organizations have become the considerable popular objects of study in the field of organization theories. The purpose of this paper is to present the process of the evolution of organization theories and trying to dig its sequence and trend. There are three stages in the development of organization theories, including classical, neoclassical and modern. The application of complexity theory to organization science offers new models and new directions, the evolution of organization theories in the future will continue under the complexity paradigm.
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Received: August 01, 2013;
Accepted: November 06, 2013;
Published: November 11, 2013
How to cite this article
Chun-Xia Yang, Han-Min Liu and Xing-Xiu Wang, 2013. Organization Theories: From Classical to Modern. Journal of Applied Sciences, 13: 4470-4476.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4470.4476
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4470.4476
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4470.4476
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4470.4476
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