The Threads of Organizational Theory: A Phenomenological Analysis

This paper examines the theory of organization in the context of its evolution of organizations over the years. It choreographs the intellectual attentions on the subject matter of organizational theory and its accompanying paradigmatic influences within the period. In the process the pedigree of organizational theory and its relevance to the anatomy of real organization up to this millennium was traced. This enabled a proper discussion and analysis of situation of the classical works of the theorists of who have contributed in no small measure to the expansion of the frontiers of our knowledge in the area. The concept of organization was examined as a prelude to the genealogical discourse and consideration of the threads of organizational theory within the context of the relevant paradigm changes. Against this background, the evolution of the subject, using appropriate models, was thoroughly examined in ways that puts into a clearer context the currency of ideas on the phenomenon of organization and its theory or theories.