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... > social science subjects > business and management > organization studies > organization studies encyc > approaches to organization theory > organizational ecology
... > social science subjects > business and management > management theory > management theory encyc > managing environments > organizational ecology
... > social science subjects > business and management > organization studies > organization studies encyc > approaches to organization theory > organizational theory > organizational ecology
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political theory > empirical political theory > organizational theory > organizational ecology
social science subjects > business and management > organization studies > organizational theory > organizational ecology
... > social science subjects > business and management > leadership (business) > process approach to leadership > situational leadership > organizational theory > organizational ecology

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organizational ecology  

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  • 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]

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