PRIMER FOR PRODUCTIVITY.
Abstract
A systematic and empirical case is made for the observing and interpreting, by a spectator, of the productivity of persons who hold membership in utilitarian organizations within American society. First, a metatheory of work in organizational environments, introducing key concepts for the spectator and diferentiating between spectator and participant definitions of the work situation, is offered. This is followed by a definition of productivity, which again meaningfully differentiates between the causally textured definitions of spectators and participants and between such participant definitions as those of superordinate and subordinate persons. Testable propositions concerning work and its accomplishment are advanced. Second, a formal spectator's definition of organization, utilizing key concepts and definitions from the foregoing discussion, is presented. Third, an empirical case, which illustrates how key ideas can be applied to the study of organizations, is given. And finally, the authors pose a number of issues about organizational behavior, suggested by a comparison of their ideas with those of other investigators. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0617956
Entities
People
- Harold B. Pepinsky
- John W. Riner
- Karl E. Weick
Organizations
- Ohio State University