Author Question: Briefly describe the meaning of the contingency approach, as it relates to organizations. What ... (Read 44 times)

joesmith1212 · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Briefly describe the meaning of the contingency approach, as it relates to organizations.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which theoretical perspective is most relevant for understanding the socialization experience of most medical students?

a. functionalism
b. network theory
c. ethnomethodology
d. symbolic interactionism
e. conflict theory

duke02 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 1, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The contingency approach attempts to link the internal structure of an organization to its external environment. In effect, the contingency approach denies that there is one best way to organize a group. Instead it says that an organization's structure should depend on its external environment.

Answer to Question 2

D