organizational theory
type: Concept
narrower: organizational ecology

approaches to organization theory
type: Concept
narrower: organizational ecology

managing environments
type: Concept
narrower: organizational ecology

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: organizational ecology

organizational ecology
definition: Organizational ecology (OE) shifts the traditional focus from individuals and organizations to organizational populations and interpopulation interactions. The ecological approach can avoid the so-called selection bias that organizational studies tend to suffer from by their one-sided focus on the well-visible organizations that have been around for a while, so neglecting the impact of the huge number of organizations that have failed, often in their early history. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Organizational Ecology]
broader: organizational theory
broader: managing environments
broader: approaches to organization theory
type: Concept