THE EVOLUTION OF THE THEORY OF ORGANIZATIONS WITH FOCUS ON THEORY OF CONTINGENCIES

Abstract

This study aims to map the Theories of Organizations, focusing on the Theory of contingencies in order to try to better understand its origins and applications in business management. In this study various ideas and thoughts of authors who sought, in his own way, create and organize theories capable of solving organizational problems affecting industrial Europe and the United States at the beginning of the last century are presented. To counter the thinking of those seminal authors analyzed some modern organizational theories that emerged after the 2nd World War, and it was found that they brought prospects of a more efficient and able to meet the contingencies of the market administration, seeking to create an organizational profile best would fit your needs. As the Theory of Contingency its proposal is in check and explain what are the models of organizational structures more efficient organizations for understanding and dealing with turbulence. This mapping consists of the exposure of each theory, comparative mode, seeking thus to know what influence each has on contemporary management, as well as its limitations. The methodology used in this bibliographic and bibliometric research, the latter focuses exclusively on Theory of contingencies. The results point to the need to search for understanding the structures of modern organizations because it allows the researcher to explore how these organisms are conducted and how they are positioned within the political, social and economic context in which they are inserted.