Current Trends in Business Management(CTBM)

School of Public Health, Samford University, United States

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Evolution of Management Population Ecology Theory – A Literature Review
  Author(s): Dennis O. McCay*
  
  While researching the life cycle and survival of rural hospitals, I was faced with the choice of which theoretical model would best support my thesis. Population Ecology (PE) theory was the obvious choice, but my research needed to address not only the macro environment for these hospitals, but their micro and meso environments as well. Further research for the best theory added to my confusion. Most of the early formulations of PE Theory addressed only the macro aspects of an organization, using additional theories to describe the organization’s micro and meso attributes because, at this early stage in the life of PE theory, it was considered unsuitable for use as anything but a macro analysis tool. Other researchers were using PE to describe all the environmental properties, even though respected sources still insisted that it was incorrect. The solution was to discover what w.. Read More»
  

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