COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF «ORGANIZATIONAL MECHANISM» IN THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC SPACE
Abstract
The article presents the comparative analysis of the concept of organizational mechanism by foreign and domestic scholars in the field of management, economics and organizational studies. The article summarizes the main theoretical views, models and empirical findings on this topic based on a wide range of scientific sources, including books, professional articles, monographs, conference papers. The article highlights the similarities and differences in the approaches of different scholars to this topic, as well as identifies the key debates and controversies around the definition, scope and functions of the organizational mechanism. The article highlights common themes and trends in the study of organizational mechanism, compares and contrasts the perspectives of domestic and foreign scientists on the subject. There are different interpretations and definitions of this concept, but a common thread is that it refers to the various elements and processes that a organization uses to coordinate and regulate its internal operations, resources, and behavior of its members. The organizational mechanism is becoming an increasingly important concept in the modern scientific space, as the complexity of the research process increases and the scope of research topics expands, coordination and cooperation between researchers is necessary for the efficient use of resources and achievement of the desired results. The importance of having a well-designed and well-implemented organizational mechanism to ensure the economic success and economic sustainability of the organization is emphasized. Overall, the concept of organizational mechanism continues to be a relevant and dynamic area of study, with ongoing discussions and debates about its nature, role, and impact on organizational behavior and performance. The article is a valuable resource for scholars, researchers, managers, practitioners seeking to deepen their understanding of this important concept and will contribute to the further development of research on this concept in the domestic scientific space.
References
Chia, Robert, and Robin Holt (2006). Strategy as practical coping: A Heideggerian perspective. Organization Studies. Vol. 27. Pp. 635–655.
Cule, Paul E., and Daniel Robey (2004). A dual-motor, constructive process model of organizational transition. Organization Studies. Vol. 25. Pp. 229–260.
Langley, Ann (1999). Strategies for theorizing from process data. Academy of Management Review. Vol. 24. Pp. 691–710.
Mintzberg, Henry, and James A. Waters (1985). Of strategies, deliberate and emergent. Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 6. Pp. 257–272.
Mohr, Lawrence B. (1982). Explaining organizational behavior: The limits and possibilities of theory and research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Pentland, Brian T. (1999). Building process theory with narrative: From description to explanation. Academy of Management Review. Vol. 24. Рр. 711–724.
Pettigrew, Andrew M. (1997). What is a processual analysis? Scandinavian Journal of Management. Vol. 13. Рр. 337–348.
Van de Ven, Andrew H., and Marshall Scott Poole (2005). Alternative approaches for studying organizational change. Organization Studies. Vol. 26. Рр. 1377–1404.
Scherer, Andreas Georg (2003). Modes of explanation in organization theory. The Oxford handbook of organization theory. H. Tsoukas and C. Knudsen (eds), Oxford : Oxford University Press. Рр. 310–344.
Whitley, Richard (2003). From the search for universal correlations to the institutional structuring of economic organization and change: The development and future of organization studies. Organization. Vol. 10. Рр. 481–501.
Whitley, Richard (2008). Varieties of knowledge and their use in business and management studies: Conditions and institutions. Organization Studies. Vol. 29. Рр. 581–609.
Ілляшенко С. М., Біловодська О. А. (2010). Управління інноваційним розвитком промислових підприємств: монографія. Суми: Університетська книга, 2010. 281 с.
Хорунжий М. Й. Організація агропромислового комплексу: підручник. Київ: КНЕУ, 2001. 382 с.
Економіка підприємства : навч. посібник / під ред. д.е.н. проф. Л. Г. Мельника. – Суми: Вид. «Університетська книга», 2002. 632 с.
Габор, В. С. Формування механізму ефективного господарювання сільськогосподарських підприємств. Інноваційна економіка. 2012. № 3. С .101–104.
Гавриляк О. Організаційний механізм управління діяльністю підприємства. Електронний науковий вісник «Керівник.info». 2012. URL: http://kerivnyk.info/2012/04/gavryljak.html
Грузнов, І. І. Організаційно-економічні механізми управління. Одеса: Астропрінт, 2000. 292 с.
Гарафонова О. І. Концептуальні підходи до організаційного механізму реструктуризації інтегрованих корпоративних структур. ІІ Міжнародна періодична науково-практична конференція «Альянс наук: вчений — вченому»: Том 1. Дніпропетровськ : НАУ «Ера», 2005. С. 24–27.
Anderson, Peter J. J., Ruth Blatt, Marlys K. Christianson, Adam M. Grant, Christopher Marquis, Eric J. Neuman, Scott Sonenshein, and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe (2006). Understanding mechanisms in organizational research: Reflections from a collective journey. Journal of Management Inquiry. Vol. 15. Рр. 102–113.
Pajunen, Kalle (2005). Comparative causal analysis in processual strategy research: A study of causal mechanisms in organizational decline and turnarounds. Advances in Strategic Management. Vol. 22. Рр. 415–456.
Elster, Jon (1989). Nuts and bolts for the social sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Stinchcombe, Arthur L. (1991). The conditions of fruitfulness of theorizing about mechanisms in social science. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Vol. 21. Рр. 367–388.
Harré, Rom (1985). The philosophies of science, 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Little, Daniel (1991). Varieties of social explanation: An introduction to the philosophy of social sciences. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Bhaskar, Roy (1978). A realist theory of science, 2nd edn. Hassocks: Harvester.
Reed, Michael (2001). Organization, trust and control: A realist analysis. Organization Studies. Vol. 22. Рр.201–228.
Bunge, Mario (1997). Mechanism and explanation. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Vol. 27. Рр. 410–465.
Hedström, Peter, and Richard Swedberg (1998). Social mechanisms: An introductory essay. Social mechanisms: An analytical approach to social theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Рр. 1–31.
Mahoney, James (2001). Beyond correlational analysis: Recent innovations in theory and method. Sociological Forum. Vol. 16. Рр. 575–593.
Mayntz, Renate (2004). Mechanisms in the analysis of social macro-phenomena. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Vol. 34. Рр. 237–259.
Mäki, Uskali (2002). The dismal queen of the social sciences. Fact and fiction in economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Рр. 3–32.
Sawyer, R. Keith (2004). The mechanisms of emergence. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Vol. 34. Рр. 260–282.
Tilly, Charles (2001). Mechanisms in political processes. Annual Review of Political Science. Vol. 4. Рр. 21–41.
Bechtel, William, and Adele Abrahamsen (2005). Explanation: A mechanist alternative. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. Vol. 36. Рр. 421–441.
Craver, Carl F. (2001). Role functions, mechanisms, and hierarchy. Philosophy of Science. Vol. 68. Рр. 53–74.
Craver, Carl F., and William Bechtel (2006). Mechanism' in Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopaedia. New York: Routledge. Рр. 469–478.
Glennan, Stuart S. (1996). Mechanisms and the nature of causation. Erkenntnis. Vol. 44: 49-71.
Glennan, Stuart S. (2002). Rethinking mechanistic explanation'. Philosophy of Science. Vol. 69s. Рр. 342–353.
Machamer, Peter, Lindley Darden, and Carl F. Craver (2000). Thinking about mechanisms. Philosophy of Science. Vol. 67. Рр. 1–25.
Psillos, Stathis (2004). A glimpse of the secret connexion: Harmonizing mechanisms with counterfactuals. Perspectives on Science. Vol. 12. Рр. 288–319.
Steel, Daniel P. (2004). Social mechanisms and causal inference. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Vol. 34. Рр. 55–78.
Tabery, James G. (2004). Synthesizing activities and interactions in the concept of a mechanism. Philosophy of Science. Vol. 71. Рр. 1–15.
Cummins, Robert (2000). «How does it work?» versus «What are the laws?»: Two conceptions of psychological explanation. Explanation and Cognition. Cambridge : MIT Press. Рр. 117–144.
George, Alexander, and Andrew Bennett (2005). Case studies and theory development in the social sciences. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Little, Daniel (1998). Microfoundations, method, and causation: Essays in the philosophy of social sciences. New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction.
Jackson, Frank, and Philip Pettit (1990). Program explanation: A general perspective. Analysis. Vol. 50. Рр. 107–117.
Wright, Cory, and William Bechtel (2007). Mechanisms and psychological explanation. Philosophy of psychology and cognitive science. Amsterdam : North-Holland. Рр. 31–80.
Chia, Robert, and Robin Holt (2006). Strategy as practical coping: A Heideggerian perspective. Organization Studies. Vol. 27. Pp. 635–655.
Cule, Paul E., and Daniel Robey (2004). A dual-motor, constructive process model of organizational transition. Organization Studies. Vol. 25. Pp. 229–260.
Langley, Ann (1999). Strategies for theorizing from process data. Academy of Management Review. Vol. 24. Pp. 691–710.
Mintzberg, Henry, and James A. Waters (1985). Of strategies, deliberate and emergent. Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 6. Pp. 257–272.
Mohr, Lawrence B. (1982). Explaining organizational behavior: The limits and possibilities of theory and research. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass.
Pentland, Brian T. (1999). Building process theory with narrative: From description to explanation. Academy of Management Review. Vol. 24. Рр. 711–724.
Pettigrew, Andrew M. (1997). What is a processual analysis? Scandinavian Journal of Management. Vol. 13. Рр. 337–348.
Van de Ven, Andrew H., and Marshall Scott Poole (2005). Alternative approaches for studying organizational change. Organization Studies. Vol. 26. Рр. 1377–1404.
Scherer, Andreas Georg (2003). Modes of explanation in organization theory. The Oxford handbook of organization theory. H. Tsoukas and C. Knudsen (eds), Oxford : Oxford University Press. Рр. 310–344.
Whitley, Richard (2003). From the search for universal correlations to the institutional structuring of economic organization and change: The development and future of organization studies. Organization. Vol. 10. Рр. 481–501.
Whitley, Richard (2008). Varieties of knowledge and their use in business and management studies: Conditions and institutions. Organization Studies. Vol. 29. Рр. 581–609.
Illiashenko S. M., Bilovodska O. A. (2010). Upravlinnia innovatsiinym rozvytkom promyslovykh pidpryiemst [Management of innovative development of industrial enterprises]: monohrafiia. Sumy : Universytetska knyha. 281
Khorunzhyi M. Y. Orhanizatsiia ahropromyslovoho kompleksu [Organization of the agro-industrial complex]: pidruchnyk. Kyiv : KNEU, 2001. 382
(2002) Ekonomika pidpryiemstva [Economics of the enterprise]: navch. posibnyk / pid red. d.e.n. prof. L. H. Melnyka. – Sumy : Vyd. «Universytetska knyha». 632
Habor, V. S. (2012). Formuvannia mekhanizmu efektyvnoho hospodariuvannia silskohospodarskykh pidpryiemstv. [Formation of a mechanism for effective management of agricultural enterprises]: Innovatsiina ekonomika. № 3. Pp. 101–104
Havryliak O. (2012). Orhanizatsiinyi mekhanizm upravlinnia diialnistiu pidpryiemstva [Organizational mechanism for managing the company's activities]: Elektronnyi naukovyi visnyk «Kerivnyk.info». Available at: http://kerivnyk.info/2012/04/gavryljak.html
Hruznov, I. I. (2000). Orhanizatsiino-ekonomichni mekhanizmy upravlinnia [Organizational and economic management mechanisms]. Odesa : Astroprint. Р. 292.
Harafonova O. I. Kontseptualni pidkhody do orhanizatsiinoho mekhanizmu restrukturyzatsii intehrovanykh korporatyvnykh struktur [Conceptual approaches to the organizational mechanism of restructuring of integrated corporate structures]: II Mizhnarodna periodychna naukovo-praktychna konferentsiia «Alians nauk: vchenyi — vchenomu».Tom 1. Dnipropetrovsk : NAU «Era». Pp. 24–27.
Anderson, Peter J. J., Ruth Blatt, Marlys K. Christianson, Adam M. Grant, Christopher Marquis, Eric J. Neuman, Scott Sonenshein, and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe (2006). Understanding mechanisms in organizational research: Reflections from a collective journey. Journal of Management Inquiry. Vol. 15. Рр. 102–113.
Pajunen, Kalle (2005). Comparative causal analysis in processual strategy research: A study of causal mechanisms in organizational decline and turnarounds. Advances in Strategic Management. Vol. 22. Рр. 415–456.
Elster, Jon (1989). Nuts and bolts for the social sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Stinchcombe, Arthur L. (1991). The conditions of fruitfulness of theorizing about mechanisms in social science. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Vol. 21. Рр. 367–388.
Harré, Rom (1985). The philosophies of science, 2nd edn. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
Little, Daniel (1991). Varieties of social explanation: An introduction to the philosophy of social sciences. Boulder, CO : Westview Press.
Bhaskar, Roy (1978). A realist theory of science, 2nd edn. Hassocks : Harvester.
Reed, Michael (2001). Organization, trust and control: A realist analysis. Organization Studies. Vol. 22. Рр.201–228.
Bunge, Mario (1997). Mechanism and explanation. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Vol. 27. Рр. 410–465.
Hedström, Peter, and Richard Swedberg (1998). Social mechanisms: An introductory essay. Social mechanisms: An analytical approach to social theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Рр. 1–31.
Mahoney, James (2001). Beyond correlational analysis: Recent innovations in theory and method. Sociological Forum. Vol. 16. Рр. 575–593.
Mayntz, Renate (2004). Mechanisms in the analysis of social macro-phenomena. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Vol. 34. Рр. 237–259.
Mäki, Uskali (2002). The dismal queen of the social sciences. Fact and fiction in economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Рр. 3–32.
Sawyer, R. Keith (2004). The mechanisms of emergence. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Vol. 34. Рр. 260–282.
Tilly, Charles (2001). Mechanisms in political processes. Annual Review of Political Science. Vol. 4. Рр. 21–41.
Bechtel, William, and Adele Abrahamsen (2005). Explanation: A mechanist alternative. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. Vol. 36. Рр. 421–441.
Craver, Carl F. (2001). Role functions, mechanisms, and hierarchy. Philosophy of Science. Vol. 68. Рр. 53–74.
Craver, Carl F., and William Bechtel (2006). Mechanism' in Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopaedia. New-York : Routledge. Рр. 469–478.
Glennan, Stuart S. (1996). Mechanisms and the nature of causation. Erkenntnis. Vol. 44. Р. 49–71.
Glennan, Stuart S. (2002). Rethinking mechanistic explanation'. Philosophy of Science. Vol. 69s. Рр. 342–353.
Machamer, Peter, Lindley Darden, and Carl F. Craver (2000). Thinking about mechanisms. Philosophy of Science. Vol. 67. Рр. 1–25.
Psillos, Stathis (2004). A glimpse of the secret connexion: Harmonizing mechanisms with counterfactuals. Perspectives on Science. Vol. 12. Рр. 288–319.
Steel, Daniel P. (2004). Social mechanisms and causal inference. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Vol. 34. Рр. 55–78.
Tabery, James G. (2004). Synthesizing activities and interactions in the concept of a mechanism. Philosophy of Science. Vol. 71. Рр. 1–15.
Cummins, Robert (2000). «How does it work?» versus «What are the laws?»: Two conceptions of psychological explanation. Explanation and Cognition. Cambridge : MIT Press. Рр. 117–144.
George, Alexander, and Andrew Bennett (2005). Case studies and theory development in the social sciences. Cambridge : MIT Press.
Little, Daniel (1998). Microfoundations, method, and causation: Essays in the philosophy of social sciences. New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction.
Jackson, Frank, and Philip Pettit (1990). Program explanation: A general perspective. Analysis. Vol. 50. Рр. 107–117.
Wright, Cory, and William Bechtel (2007). Mechanisms and psychological explanation. Philosophy of psychology and cognitive science. Amsterdam : North-Holland. Рр. 31–80.
