1. Reply to McCormick and Benson.
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Price, James L.
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ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness ,INDUSTRIAL efficiency ,ORGANIZATIONAL sociology ,PERFORMANCE standards ,MANAGEMENT ,SOCIOLOGY - Abstract
This article responds to author's commentaries on the article "The Study of Organizational Effectiveness," by J. L. Price. The basis of simplistic approach rests with three assumptions supposedly made by the paper. First, the paper, according to the authors, assumes uniformity in the meanings that respondents attach to words designating core organizational activities. The paper assumes that respondents possess knowledge and competency with respect to the evaluation of nursing care within their limited spheres of involvement in the hospitals. Although, it may be desirable to have a general measure of organizational effectiveness for the reason suggested in the paper, this may not be possible. Some scholars believe that organizational effectiveness is so specific that a general measure cannot be developed.
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- 1973
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