A Theory of Organizational Response to Hospital Regulation: A Reply to Smith and Mick
回应Smith和Mick对医院监管反应理论的四项批评，包括自主性假设、因果关系、目标缺失和普遍性局限，旨在澄清理论的有效性。
Smith and Mick identify four basic problems with the theory the present writers developed to explain organizational responses (in this case the behavior of hospitals) to regulation. They challenge the basic assumption regarding autonomy, disagree with the implied cause and effect relations between organizational response and regulation, criticize the omission of goals, and claim that the theory has only limited generality. In so doing they state that their primary concern is with "improving our understanding of the limitations and benefits of the theory." Each of the four topics they raise for consideration will receive comment.