Chapter 1: An Introduction and Orientation to Organization Theory
The Complex World of Public Organizations: A Primer |
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Sociology of Knowledge:Ways of Knowing about Organizations |
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Influential theories and paradigms in the social sciences |
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Organization and Content of the Book |
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Part I: Theories of Organization
Chapter 2: Classical Foundations: The Historical Context of a New Field of Study
Max Weber – Authority and Bureaucracy |
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Case 2.1 The President's Committee on Administrative Management (The Brownlow Committee and Report) |
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Chapter 3: Behavioral Revolution
Historical Context – Pre-War Hints and Post-War Proliferation |
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Elton Mayo, Fritz Rothlisburger and the Hawthorne Experiments |
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Empirical Work – Kurt Lewin & Rensis Likert |
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Conceptual Work – Abraham Maslow |
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Other Voices: Dwight Waldo |
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Case 3.1 The New York Department of Sanitation – Bureau of Motor Equipment |
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Chapter 4: Life after Berger and Luckman: A Theoretically Diverse World
Social and Historical Climate – Things get more complicated |
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Economic Theories of Organization – Transaction Costs Economics and Agency Theory |
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Chaos and Complexity Theories |
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Structural-Functionalism & Structuration Theory |
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Cognitive and Psychological Models - Sensemaking |
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Case 4.1 The Tennessee Valley Authority: An examination of parallel theories |
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Part II: Issues, Strategies and Tactics
Chapter 5: Managing Individual Behavior
Classical and Rationalist Approaches |
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Case 5.1 Current Expressions: Classical and Rationalist Approaches at the Department of Homeland Security |
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Hawthorne Reprised: From Rationalism to Behavioralism |
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Case 5.2 Current Expressions: Behaviorist Alternatives |
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Foreshadows of Postmodernism |
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Chapter 6: Understanding and Shaping Group Dynamics
Human and Group Relations Theories |
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Case 6.1 Current Expressions : Control and Expanding the Area Under the Curve at St. John’s Health System |
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Case 6.2 Current Expressions : TQM and Local Government |
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Case 6.3 Current Expressions: Organizational Culture and Management at Continental Airlines |
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Foreshadows of Postmodernism |
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Chapter 7: Affecting Organization Change
Business Process Reengineering |
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Case 7.1 Current Expressions: Business Process Reengineering at the Jefferson County Alabama |
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The Burke-Litwin Change Model |
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Case 7.2 Current Expressions: Burke-Litwin in Texas Public Schools |
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Case 7.3 Current Expressions: OD in the Montana State University Research Library |
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New Sciences and Organizations |
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Chaos and Complexity theories |
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Foreshadows of postmodernism |
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Chapter 8: Managing Organization – Environment Relations
Resource Dependence Theory |
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Case 8.1 Current Expressions: Resource Dependence Theory at Brigham Young University |
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Case 8.2 Current Expressions: Networks and Municipal Housing in the Phoenix-Mesa Area |
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Case 8.3 Current Expressions: Isomorphic and Governance Organizations |
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Links to Post-traditionalism/Postmodernism |
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Part III: Towards Post-Positivist Organizations
Chapter 9: Escaping the Void: History of Post-Positivism
Post-positive Concepts appearing in the social sciences |
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Chapter 10: Learning to Fly: Applying Post-Traditional Theory
Organizational Activities |
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Chapter 11: Conclusion: This is the Beginning
Top 10 Things You’re Tired of Reading (but should remember anyway) |
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Historical and Conceptual Review |
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Organizations and Theory Competence |
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