Briefly describe the meaning of the contingency approach, as it ...

[joesmith1212]

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]

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

[joesmith1212]

TYSM

[mcabuhat]

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