Organizational Design, Culture,
and Behavior compilation
document
Content
Lecture 1 – 4-2 – Course Opening and Foundations of Work and Organizations – Introducing
Contemporary Organizational Behavior.................................................................................................2
Lecture 2 – 11-2 – Organizational Design and Management – Structure...............................................8
Lecture 5 – 4-3 – Foundations of Work and Organizations – Work and the Gig Economy...................13
Lecture 7 – 1-4 – Individuals in Groups and Teams – Group and Team Dynamics................................16
Lecture 8 – 8-4 – Individuals in Groups and Teams – Communication.................................................18
Lecture 10 – 22-4 – Leadership processes: Power, Politics and Conflict...............................................25
1
,Lecture 1 – 4-2 – Course Opening and Foundations of
Work and Organizations – Introducing Contemporary
Organizational Behavior
Peer community
founding it together
o Learning is a social experience
o Sharing ideas
o Meso-level of organizations
o Organizational theory
Why study organizations?
- We are born in organizations, educated by organizations, and most of us spend much of our
lives working for organizations
o Etzioni
1964
- Capitalist modernity organizational failures
o Climate change
o Data privacy
o Lockdown failure
o Sexual harassment
o Glass ceiling
o Vaccine monopolies
o Election fraud
o Labour strikes
o Police brutality
o Sweat shops
How will we study organizations
- Traditional
o Prehistory
1900-1960s
Smith
Marx
Durkheim
Taylor
Fokett
Fayol
Weber
Barnard
- Traditional
o Modern
1960s and 1970s
Bertalantly
Trist and Bernforth
2
, March and Simon
Woocward
Burns and Stalke
Lawrence and Lorach
Thompson
- Critical
o Symbolic
1980s
Schutz
Whyle
Herskowitz
Setrick
Goffman
Berger and Luckmann
Weick
Geertz
- Critical
o post-modern
1990s
Foucault
Beli
Derrida
Jericks
Lyofard
Rorty
Clifford and Marcus
Baudrillard
- Organizations
o Economics
o Engineering
o Sociology
o Political science
o Biology and ecology
o Social psychology
o Cultural anthropology
o Folklore studies
o Linguistics, semiotics, hermeutics
o Post-structural philosophy ]post-modern architecture
o Literary theory
o Cultural studies
o Aesthetic philosophy
How will we study organizations
- Traditional
o Theories inspired by the science
Theory as causal explanation
of performance
3
and Behavior compilation
document
Content
Lecture 1 – 4-2 – Course Opening and Foundations of Work and Organizations – Introducing
Contemporary Organizational Behavior.................................................................................................2
Lecture 2 – 11-2 – Organizational Design and Management – Structure...............................................8
Lecture 5 – 4-3 – Foundations of Work and Organizations – Work and the Gig Economy...................13
Lecture 7 – 1-4 – Individuals in Groups and Teams – Group and Team Dynamics................................16
Lecture 8 – 8-4 – Individuals in Groups and Teams – Communication.................................................18
Lecture 10 – 22-4 – Leadership processes: Power, Politics and Conflict...............................................25
1
,Lecture 1 – 4-2 – Course Opening and Foundations of
Work and Organizations – Introducing Contemporary
Organizational Behavior
Peer community
founding it together
o Learning is a social experience
o Sharing ideas
o Meso-level of organizations
o Organizational theory
Why study organizations?
- We are born in organizations, educated by organizations, and most of us spend much of our
lives working for organizations
o Etzioni
1964
- Capitalist modernity organizational failures
o Climate change
o Data privacy
o Lockdown failure
o Sexual harassment
o Glass ceiling
o Vaccine monopolies
o Election fraud
o Labour strikes
o Police brutality
o Sweat shops
How will we study organizations
- Traditional
o Prehistory
1900-1960s
Smith
Marx
Durkheim
Taylor
Fokett
Fayol
Weber
Barnard
- Traditional
o Modern
1960s and 1970s
Bertalantly
Trist and Bernforth
2
, March and Simon
Woocward
Burns and Stalke
Lawrence and Lorach
Thompson
- Critical
o Symbolic
1980s
Schutz
Whyle
Herskowitz
Setrick
Goffman
Berger and Luckmann
Weick
Geertz
- Critical
o post-modern
1990s
Foucault
Beli
Derrida
Jericks
Lyofard
Rorty
Clifford and Marcus
Baudrillard
- Organizations
o Economics
o Engineering
o Sociology
o Political science
o Biology and ecology
o Social psychology
o Cultural anthropology
o Folklore studies
o Linguistics, semiotics, hermeutics
o Post-structural philosophy ]post-modern architecture
o Literary theory
o Cultural studies
o Aesthetic philosophy
How will we study organizations
- Traditional
o Theories inspired by the science
Theory as causal explanation
of performance
3