Requisite organizational theory : management panacea or a lot of ROT?
Hearn-Mackinnon, Bruce 2008, Requisite organizational theory : management panacea or a lot of ROT?, in GABERIC 2008 : Conference Proceedings of the 2008 Global Academy of Business & Economic Research, GABERIC, Orlando, Florida, pp. 330-341.
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Requisite organizational theory : management panacea or a lot of ROT?
GABERIC 2008 : Conference Proceedings of the 2008 Global Academy of Business & Economic Research
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2008
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Global Academy of Business and Economic Research Conference
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330
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341
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GABERIC
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Orlando, Florida
Summary
This paper sets out to explain and critique the contribution made by Elliott Jaques to organizational and management theory. The attractiveness of the Jaquesian approach to senior managers is considered to be due to its justification for managerial authority, its logical worldview, and its claims of scientific rigour. Ultimately, however, his theoretical framework, today known as requisite organizational theory, despite having been developed from admirable intentions, is deemed to be seriously flawed and potentially dangerous.