This article is part of the required project for Organization Theory (OT). The author of this article will briefly review the three OT perspectives, identify and present a company to study, select two of the three OT perspectives to analyze the target company, discuss the methodological differences between the two selected perspectives, and reveal the main variables that contribute to the effectiveness of the organization concerned. This article serves as a framework for the final project (thesis) of the OT course. Review of Organization Theory Perspectives There are three predominant perspectives in the study of organization theory (OT): modern, symbolic interpretive, and postmodern. Each of these perspectives has its own concepts and methodologies. Modernists believe that organizations are objectively real entities that operate in a real world. “If well designed and managed, they are systems of decision and action guided by norms of rationality, efficiency and effectiveness for stated purposes” (Hatch & Cunliffe, 2006, p. 14). Symbolic interpretivists claim that “we cannot know an external or objective existence without our subjective awareness of it” (Hatch & Cunliffe, 2006, p. 14). They think that organizations are continually constructed and rebuilt by their members through symbolically mediated interaction. “Organizations are socially constructed realities in which meanings promote and are promoted by the understanding of self and others that occurs within the organizational context” (Hatch & Cunliffe, 2006, p. 14). Postmodernists think of organizations as places to enact relationships of power, oppression, irrationality, communication distortion, or arenas of fun and playful irony. “Organizations are texts produced by… middle of paper… Symbolic and postmodern perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press. Keller, R. T. (1994). Technology-information processing fit and performance of research and development project teams: A test of contingency theory. Journal of the Academy of Management, 37(1), 167-246.SAIC. (2009). SAIC Annual Report Retrieved November 20, 2010, from http://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDFArchive/sai2009.pdfSAIC. (n.d.). About SAIC Retrieved November 20, 2010, from http://www.saic.com/about/Scribd. (n.d.). Organizational Effectiveness Retrieved January 28, 2011, from http://www.scribd.com/doc/22576423/ORGANIZATIONAL-EFFECTIVENESSSmith, M., Busi, M., Ball, P., & Meer, RVD (2008). Factors influencing an organization's ability to manage innovation: A structured literature review and conceptual model. International Journal of Innovation Management, 12(4), 655-676.