population ecology theory Flashcards
isomorphism
tendency of organizations in the same environment to become similar overtime because of mimetic behavior and institutional pressures
environmental selection
org that fit the environment well are likely to survive
competition theory
environment is optimizing by selecting in and out, and the org not adapting
niche theory
presures from multiple environments are also inconsistent
environmental stability
selects out generalist and in narrow specialists
Hawleys model
org forms are homogenoues within each evironment but multiple hetereogenous environments exists
structual inertia
internal pressures and external pressures
org exists because
high birth and high death rate
unit of analysis
population of organizations
population ecology theory
organization struggle with changing because of structual inertia and therefore reject adaptive structure
