A Reply to “Babies and Bath Water, Forests and Trees”: Blind Men and Elephants
评论了Weiss对两本组织理论著作的批评，指出其观点过于简单且逻辑混乱，忽略了社会层面的权力，常将权力误认为权威并假设目标一致。
The article presents a commentary on Andrew R. Weiss' reviews of the books “Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay,” 3rd edition, by Charles Perrow and “In Defense of Organization Theory: A Reply to the Critics,” by Lex Donaldson. The authors say Weiss' comments about the books' organization theories are simplistic and logically confused. They explain that Weiss' concept of organization theory ignores societal level power. These theories often mistake power for authority and in accordance assume goal congruence where none exists.