Concepts That Led to Human Resources Development

1. Qualitative or Ethnographic Research Methods (Chapter 10): permitted a rich account of what actually happens in schools.

2. James Thompson : laid the foundation for new organization theory. He suggested

A.Uncertainty leads to our inability to foresee problems, no matter how structured we are; and

B. Concept of coupling (the way people relate): Reciprocal (multiple dependent relationships), Sequential (single dependent), and Pooled Coupling (share resources but independent).

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