Organizational Theory and the Logic of the Dichotomy.

Renihan, Pat

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ERIC Number: EJ329617

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Publication Date: 1985

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Organizational Theory and the Logic of the Dichotomy.

Renihan, Pat

Educational Administration Quarterly, v21 n4 p121-34 Fall 1985

Organizational theorists have been constrained by the overuse of dichotomies. Complex social phenomena cannot adequately be represented through these simplifications of reality. This propensity of theorists to dichotomize is investigated and countered by the advocacy of disciplined naivete in the study of educational organizations. (MLF)

Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Organizational Theories

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Audience: Administrators; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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