Comparative, contingency approaches to organization structure have been criticized as being inherently static. The present article argues that functionalist theories and quantitative methods can explain structural change. This is exemplified by a diachronic enquiry into strategy and structure. Contingencies, where a contingency is defined as “any variable that moderates the effect of an organizational characteristic on organizational performance.” (Donaldson 2001, p. The structural contingency theory of organizations (Donaldson 2001) argues that the performance of an organization is dependant upon the fit between organizational structure and contingencies.
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