Question

Which of the following theories argues that organizations try to minimize their reliance on other organizations for the supply of important resources and try to influence the environment to make resources available?
a. interorganization theory
b. evironmental resource theory
c. resource dependence theory
d.cconomic supply theory

Answer 1

Answer:

Resource dependence theory

Explanation:

Resource dependence theory originated in the 1970s with the publication of The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Gerald R. Salancik

Resource dependent theory(RDT) is a theory which is based on the principle that a business organization must engage in transactions with other organizations in its environment in order to acquire resources.

Resource dependence theory is majorly concerned about how organisational behaviour is affected by external resources the business organisation make use of.

Resource dependence theory argues that organizations try to minimize their reliance on other organizations for the supply of important resources and try to influence the environment to make resources available.

Resource dependence theory is of the opinion that resources are important to organisational success and that access and control over resources is a basis of power.

Answer 2

Answer: The answer is C.

Explanation: The Resource dependence theory is based on the principle that organizations, must engage in transactions with other organizations in their environment in order to acquire the resources needed for their daily operations.

Although such transactions may be advantageous, they may also create dependencies that are not, and so organization A may want to rely less on organization B, in their quest to influence the environment to make resources available.

This theory actually originated in the 1970s with the publication of The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Gerald R. Salancik.

The theory is based on the idea that resources are vital for organisational success and that access and control over resources forms the basis of power.