SOC1004: The Sociology of Organizations Spring 2010 Syllabus Unit 1: Introduction Week 12 Jan 2030. Tolbert and Hall Chapter 1. Thinking About Organizations Handel Section 1. Organizations as Rational Systems I: Classic Theories of Bureaucracy and Administration. pp. 538. Saturday, Jan 30. Introductory Quiz Due Introductory Discussion Due Unit 2: Organizational Structure Week 35 Jan 31Feb 20 Tolbert and Hall. Chapter 2. Organizational Structure: Key Dimensions Chapter 3. Organizational Structure: Explanations Handel Chapter 6. Pugh, D.S. The Measurement of Organizational Structures pp.6675 Section III. Organizations as Social Systems I. pp.77144 Section XI. Organizations and Society. pp.371432 Saturday, 20 February. Organizational Structure Quiz Due Organizational Discussion Due Unit 3: Organizational Processes Weeks 58, Feb 21Mar 20 Chapter 4. Power and Power Outcomes Chapter 5. Leadership Chapter 6. DecisionMaking Chapter 7. Communication Handel Section IV. Organizations as Social Systems II. pp.145180 Section V. Rationality and Nonrationality in in Organizational DecisionMaking pp.181204 Section VI. Power Inside Organizations pp.295224 Section X. Organizational Culture pp.347370
Chapter 33. Rational Choice, Situated Action, and Social Control. pp443456 SATURDAY, 20 MARCH ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES QUIZ DUE ORGANIZATIONAL DISCUSSION DUE UNIT 4: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS Weeks 911. Mar 21April 24 Tolbert and Hall Chapter 8. Managing Organizational Environments: Conceptions of the Environment Chapter 9. Managing Organizational Environments: General Paradigms Handel Section VII. Organizations as Open Systems pp.225263. Section VIII. Economic Theories of Organizations pp.263295 Section IX. The Evolution of Modern Business Organization pp.295346 Saturday, April 24. Managing Organizational Environments Quiz Due Managing Organizational Environments Discussion Due Unit 5: Outcomes Weeks 1213. April 25May 3 Tolbert and Hall Chapter 10. Organizational Performance and Change Handel Preface and Chapter 4. The Management of Innovation. pp.3951. Section XIII. Democratic Alternatives. pp.457496. Section XIV. Government, Nonprofit organizations and voluntary associations. pp497518 Monday, 3 May Organizational Performance and Change Quiz Due Organizational Performance and Change Discussion Due Final Examination Saturday May 8th from 6pm to 8pm. If you are unable to take the exam at the scheduled time, you MUST notify me BEFORE 8 pm Saturday May 8th so I can reschedule you to take a makeup examination on a date and time to be determined by the university. The makeup is usually scheduled AFTER grades are posted, so students missing the final will receive a temporary grade of ABF (Absent from Final). Students who miss both the final and the makeup will receive a failing grade for the final which will be counted in the course average and grade for the course.