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Module 1, Ingredient 1: Organizations a a domain of inquiry

Class Notes (read mindmaps with Freemind)

1. Daft on Organizations Mindmap created by Sandeep Purao
2. Morgan on Metaphor Mindmap created by Sandeep Purao
3. Weick on Theory Construction Mindmap created by Sandeep Purao
4. Morgan on Organizations as Instruments of Domination Mindmap created by Sandeep Purao
5. Malone on 21st Century Organizations Mindmap created by Sandeep Purao
6. Discussion Questions
7. Slides with an expanded perspective

Core Readings

1. Daft, R. L. 2004. Chapter 1, Organizations and Organization Theory. In Organization Theory and Design. pp. 1-47. Thompson, South-Western, Mason, OH.
   • A chapter from an introductory text on organizations by Richard Daft (a prolific researcher on organizational theory) provides an excellent introduction to the complexities and brief survey of what we know about organizations. Multiple cases illustrate the points.
2. Morgan, G. 1997. The challenge of metaphor. Chapter 10, in Images of Organization. Second Edition. Sage Publications.
   • Establishes the use of metaphors as a way of seeing organizations.
3. Weick, K. E. 1989. Theory Construction as Disciplined Imagination. Academy of Management Review. vol. 14(4): pp. 516-531. Available on JSTOR.
   • See http://faculty.babson.edu/krollag/org_site/craft_articles/weick_theory.html
4. Morgan, G. 1997. The ugly face: organizations as instruments of domination. Chapter 9, in Images of Organization. Second Edition. Sage Publications.
   • Describes how organizations exploit the employees, the ill-effects of workplaces, and how organizations become instruments of domination.
5. Malone, T., and the MIT 21st Century Manifesto Working Group. 1999. What do we really want? A manifesto for the organizations of the 21st Century. Discussion Paper.
   • See http://ccs.mit.edu/papers/pdf/wp032manifesto21C.pdf

Supplementary Readings

1. Checkland, P., and Holwell, S. 1998. Organizations: The main context of work on information systems. Chapter 3. In Information, Systems, and Information Systems. Wiley, NY.
   • Provides a review of research on organizations juxtaposing 'hard' versus 'soft' approaches to understanding organizations.
2. Pugh, D. S. 1966. Modern organization theory: a psychological and sociological study. Psychological Bulletin. 66(4). pp. 235-251.
   • Presents a good overview of different perspectives on 'organization theory' as an emerging (note this is a 1966 paper), inter-disciplinary, quasi-independent science. Overview includes several perspectives including management theorists, group theorists, individual theorists, technology theorists, economic theorists.
3. Chandler, A. Jr. 1984. The emergence of managerial capitalism. Business History Review. vol. 58. pp. 473-503.
   • Provides a historical account that shows how the 'managerial' hierarchies - separate from ownership hierarchies - emerged and how it lead to the evolution of the large, complex and integrated industrial enterprise.
4. Sutton, R., and B. Staw. 1995. What Theory is Not. Administrative Science Quarterly. vol. 40. pp. 371-384.
   • See http://faculty.babson.edu/krollag/org_site/craft_articles/sutton_theory_not.html
5. Weick, K. 1995. What Theory is Not, Theorizing is. Administrative Science Quarterly. vol. 40. pp. 385-390. On JSTOR
   • See http://faculty.babson.edu/krollag/org_site/craft_articles/weick_theorizing.html
6. DiMaggio, P. 1995. Comments on 'What theory is not'. Administrative Science Quarterly. vol. 40. pp. 391-397. On JSTOR
   • See http://faculty.babson.edu/krollag/org_site/craft_articles/dimaggio_theory.html
7. van Maanen, J. 1995. Style as Theory. Organization Science. vol. 6. pp. 133-143. On JSTOR
   • See http://faculty.babson.edu/krollag/org_site/craft_articles/vanman_style.html
8. Pfeffer, J. 1995. Mortality, Reproducibility, and the Persistence of Styles of Theory. Organization Science. vol. 6. pp. 681-686.