| I. Organizations and Organization Theory |
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Organizations: Definitions, Evolution, and Current Developments |
Orientation: Introductions, Expectations, Course Structure, Assignments
Organizations: Definitions,
Evolution, and Current Developments |
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Organization Theory: Historical, Conceptual and Occupational Trends |
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| 3 |
Debating Contemporary Organization Theory |
Theory and Theorizing
Pluralism and its Discontents |
| II. Main Contemporary Conceptual Frameworks |
| 4 |
Structural Contingency and Resource Dependence Theories |
Structural Contingency Theory
Resource Dependence Theory |
| 5 |
Social Network Analysis |
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| 6 |
New Institutionalism |
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| 7 |
Organizational Ecology |
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| III. Technology and Professions |
| 8 |
Technology in the Workplace |
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| 9 |
Professional Work |
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| IV. Students' Projects |
| 10 |
Class Presentation and Discussion of Students' Term-Papers |
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| 11 |
Class Presentation and Discussion of Students' Term-Papers (cont.) |
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