| LEC # | TOPICS | SUBTOPICS |
|---|---|---|
| I. Organizations and Organization Theory | ||
| 1 | Organizations: Definitions, Evolution, and Current Developments | Orientation: Introductions, Expectations, Course Structure, Assignments Organizations: Definitions, Evolution, and Current Developments |
| 2 | Organization Theory: Historical, Conceptual and Occupational Trends | |
| 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 | |
| 6 | New Institutionalism | |
| 7 | Organizational Ecology | |
| III. Technology and Professions | ||
| 8 | Technology in the Workplace | |
| 9 | Professional Work | |
| IV. Students' Projects | ||
| 10 | Class Presentation and Discussion of Students' Term-Papers | |
| 11 | Class Presentation and Discussion of Students' Term-Papers (cont.) | |
