MGMT646

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The emphasis of this course will be on using and extending the knowledge and skills covered in MGMT 645. Consistent with this emphasis, the primary purpose of this seminar is for students to become familiar with the foundations of Organization Theory. We discuss specific strands of Organization Theory that are currently influential in management research.

This course adopts a multi-level understanding of Organization Theory, following a larger movement in the field of Organization Theory that conceptualizes organizations as multi-level entities. Although you will find that many of the readings emphasize the firm level, others explicitly address micro-, meso-, and/or cross-level processes.

In most sessions, we discuss both theoretical and empirical research, and we cover both classical and recent works.

Although this course has been designed with the needs of students in the Management and Organizations Department in mind, this course is appropriate for any doctoral student interested in understanding organizations. Students from other disciplines such as sociology, communication, and political science should feel welcome in the class.

This class does have a prerequisite for enrollment: students must have already completed and passed MGMT 645: Organization Theory I before taking this course.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Graduate

CE - CL (Cross Listed)

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