Human nature and organization theory on the economic approach to institutional organization
In Human Nature and Organization Theory, Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto challenges the conventional wisdom that (organizational) economics is an amoral and empirically incorrect science. He treads new ground regarding the behavioural portrayal of human nature in organization theory
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
Edward Elgar
c2003
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| Series: | New horizons in management
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In Human Nature and Organization Theory, Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto challenges the conventional wisdom that (organizational) economics is an amoral and empirically incorrect science. He treads new ground regarding the behavioural portrayal of human nature in organization theory 1. A question of method and approach. : in search. of human nature in organization research? -- 2. A non-behavioral economic approach to institutional organization : contribution-distribution interactions, interest equilibration and the incentive-compatibility of the situation -- 3. Behavioural approaches to institutional organization : towards a 'science of human nature'? -- 4. Taylor's, Simon's and Williamson's search. of organizational economics : incentive structures, dilemmatic interest conflict and mutual gains -- 5. Organizational behavior and capital utilization : modeling human capital as boundedly rational or as asset specific? -- 6. Modeling motivation and cognition in organizational economics : research heuristics or the portrayal of 'human nature as we know it'? -- 7. The evolution of institutional organization : economics of environmental change or a behavioral discovery process of 'true' human nature? -- 8. Concluding discussion : the end of ethics or is economics the better moral science? |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 265 p ill |
| ISBN: | 1840647140 9781840647143 9781781951347 |