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The organizational Imperative: Paradigm or Rationalization
In: Administration & society, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 110-121
ISSN: 1552-3039
This paper is a response to an essay by Hart and Scott (1975) on the " organizational imperative." It critically evaluates the a priori propositions and rules of admmistrative behavior identified by Hart and Scott as being fundamental to this concept. It con cludes that: (1) the a priori propositions supporting the organizational imperative are invalid; (2) the rules of administrative behavior defined as essential to organizational health may, in fact, be deleterious to it; and (3) the assumption that U. S cultural values parallel those of the organizational imperative is an unwarranted oversimplifi cation of cultural trends.