Organization and Management Theory

Catalog description

Major historical perspectives and some of the current competing paradigms in the field of organization theory. Classical management theory, human relations theory, the technology-structure and structure-environment contingency perspectives for organizational design, strategic human resource management, organizational culture, institutional theory, and such current topics as organizational demography and groups in organizations. Critiquing the theoretical perspectives on both conceptual and methodological dimensions as well as developing comparisons and contrasts between the perspectives. Critical elements of theory building in the organizational sciences and the frameworks for examining organizational theory.