This essay discusses how strategic choice and organizational theories such as resource dependency theories, institutional theory and population ecology theory assist in organizational action and design. It covers the primary dimensions of organizational design, classical arguments about the three organizational concepts, and critically analyzes all the three theories.

Essay instructions

Critically analyze the contribution of strategic choice and determinist theories to understanding organizational action and argue for the most compelling perspective.

Organizational theories aid in action and design. Resource dependency, institutional, and population ecology theories are discussed.

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