Approaches to the Evaluation of Organizational Effectiveness
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in Academy of Management Review
- Vol. 2 (3) , 463-474
- https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.1977.4281841
Abstract
Seven alternative strategies are presented for assessing organizational effectiveness in different situations: rational goal, systems resource, managerial process, organizational development, bargaining, structural functional, and functional. Each has advantages in the evaluation of specific organizational problems.Keywords
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