The evolution of organizational studies comprises different and contrasting approaches. The organizational theory has not yet formed a unified field of concepts and interpretations about what is at risk in organizations. The objective of this paper is to present some of the new approaches to organizational analysis: resource dependence, populational ecology, structural contingency, new institutional economy and new institutionalism. These approaches serve as important theorical references for the evolution and systematization in contemporary organizational studies, providing a deeper understanding on how to analyze organizations.
organizational analysis; organizational theory; contemporary approaches
