CONTINGENCY THEORY RESOURCE DEPENDENCE & ORGANIZATIONAL ECOLOGY

4 important questions on CONTINGENCY THEORY RESOURCE DEPENDENCE & ORGANIZATIONAL ECOLOGY

Why is it important to invest in knowledge?

1. Keep up with the competition
2. Mimicing
3. Keep their own knowledge in their own house

Of what 2 things does the environment exist?

1. Perceived (about perceptions and interpretations)
2. Task (directly interact with...) --> suppliers, customers, competitors, regulators
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Explain resource dependency theory.

To survive, constant batle with one another. Power and control over resources (they depend on it). Must interact with other (who control the resources) --> no neutral interaction (competition!)
Dependence --> others control the resources. Adapt en react to environment to overcome uncertainty (power via negotiation!)
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Recall the critics on the contingency en resource dependency theory.

1. Quite static
2. More structure than agency
3. No attention to creativity
4. More to the system

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