Students must write a paper on a topic : Can Organization Theory be useful for practitioners?
The paper must be using Times New Roman, font size 12, double- spaced)
The paper will be evaluated by the following criteria (not ordered by importance):
1. Clarity of writing and argumentation
2. Ability to integrate conceptual tools which they are:
– Organizational Stakeholders and Effectiveness
– Basic Challenges of Organizational Design
-Interpersonal Behavior: Conflict, Cooperation, Trust and Deviance
-Types and Forms of Organizational Change; Organizational Transformations: Birth, Growth, Decline and Death
– Power, Politics and Decision Making in Organizations
– Organizational culture
and practical problems
3. Understanding of the key debates and trends in organizational theory as discussed during
the semester using cases :
– Case: Mars, Incorporated: Building an Innovation System (IMD703-PDF-ENG) ( which is related to chapter of Types and Forms of Organizational Change; Organizational Transformations: Birth, Growth, Decline and Death)
– Case: Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace (HBS, 395090-PDF-ENG) ( case related to the chapter Interpersonal Behavior: Conflict, Cooperation, Trust and Deviance)
– Case: Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose (HBS, 303069-PDF-ENG) ( case related to chapter Organizational Stakeholders and Effectiveness)
– OSJ: The Concept of Formal Organization, Peter M. Blau and W. Richard Scott ( case related to chapter Basic Challenges of Organizational Design)
– OSJ: The Concept of Organizational Culture: Why Bother?, Edgar H. Schein ( linked to chapter of organizational culture)
– OSJ: Understanding the Role of Power in Decision Making, Jeffrey Pfeffe
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