Organization Theory Ali Asghar Pourezzat University of Tehran MD ...

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Organization Theory
Ali Asghar Pourezzat University of Tehran MD Course
VI. Course Outline and Schedule
Weeks Main Topics Subtopics
Week 1:
90/11/17
Week 2:
90/11/25
Week 3:
90/12/1
Course Review
The Subject Is Organization and The Verb Is
Organizing.
Combining Perspectives Expanding Levels.
Organization As Rational Systems.
Organization As Natural Systems.
Organization As Open Systems.
Contingency And System Perspectives.
Theory Building In Organization Theory.
Organizations As Machine.
Organizations As Organism.
Organizations As Brain.
Organizations As Culture.
Organizations As Political Systems.
Organizations As Psychic Prison.
Organizations As Flux And Transaction.
Organizations As Instruments Of Dominance.
Organizations As collage.
Week 4:
90/12/8
Week 5:
90/12/15
Week 6
90/12/21
Epistemological approach to Organization Theory:
What is Organization Theory?
Organization theory for the public sector
An instrumental perspective
Classical Perspectives.
Neoclassical Perspectives.
Symbolic Perspectives.
Postmodern Perspectives.
Technology & Structure.
Goals, Power And Control.
The Dyadic Environmental Organization.
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Week 7:
91/01/14
Week 8:
91/01/21
Week 9:
91/01/28
Week 10:
91/02/4
Week 11:
91/02/11
Week 12:
91/02/18
Week 13:
91/02/25
Week 14:
91/03/1
Week 15:
91/03/8
Week 16:
91/03/15
A cultural perspective
A myth perspective
Goals and values
Leadership and steering
Reform and change
Effects and implications
Understanding and design
Contours Of Organizations And Organizational
Theories.
Discussion & Conclusion.
Organization Of Environment.
Networks In And Around Organization.
Strategy, Structure, And Performance:
The Sociology Of Organizational Strategy.
The Rise And Transformation Of Corporate
Form.
General Systems Theory (GST).
Law of Requisite Complexity (LRC) & Law
of Requisite Diversity (LRD).
Chaos Theory.
Important Subjects in Organization Theory.
Paradigms of organization theory.
Theory building in Organization Theory.
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Future of Organization Theory.