SOCI8042
Sociology of Business, Organizations, and Institutions
Offer semester
Lecture time
Lecture venue
Credits awarded
1st semester
Wednesday
19:00-21:50
LE7
6
This course explores organizations as one of the key parts of modern society, focusing on how people work together, how decisions are made, and how social order is maintained. Drawing on examples from areas like the cultural and creative industries, technology, and criminal justice, it links organizations and institutions to explain how organizations develop, operate, and evolve across different social settings.
Explain and differentiate major theories of organization and the coordination problem they address.
Apply organizational theories to analyze empirical cases across business organizations, cultural and media industries, and broader institutional contexts.
Compare competing theoretical perspectives in terms of their assumptions, mechanisms, and explanatory power.
Evaluate the strengths and limitations of organizational theories in accounting for contemporary forms of coordination.
Tasks
Weighting
Weekly Reflection
10%
Mid-term paper
20%
Final project
30%
Examination
40%
Scott, W. R., & Davis, G. F. (2007). Organizations and organizing: Rational, natural, and open system perspectives (1st ed.). Routledge.
Scott, W. R. (2014). Institutions and organizations: Ideas, interests, and identities (4th ed.). Sage.
Offer Semester | Lecture Day | Lecture Time | Venue | Credits awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st semester | Wednesday | 19:00-21:50 | LE7 | 6 |
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