"It is the examination of how individuals construct organizational structures, processes, and practices and how these, in turn, shape social relations and create institutions that ultimately influence people."
The study of the structure, design, and function of organizations in society.
Organizational Culture: The shared values, beliefs, and norms that shape the behavior and attitudes of individuals within an organization.
Organizational Structure: The hierarchical distribution of power, authority, and communication within an organization.
Organizational Design: The process of creating a structure for an organization that optimizes performance and achieves strategic goals.
Organizational Change: The process of implementing new strategies, technologies, or business models in an organization.
Organizational Behavior: The study of how individuals and groups interact within an organization and how behavior affects organizational outcomes.
Organizational Communication: The exchange of information and ideas within an organization that affects decision-making, coordination, and performance.
Organizational Leadership: The process of influencing, inspiring, and directing the behavior of individuals and groups within an organization towards achieving goals.
Organizational Power and Politics: The distribution and use of power within an organization and how politics influence decision-making and behavior.
Organizational Theory: The study of how organizations function, evolve, and adapt to their environment.
Organizational Ecology: The study of how organizations emerge and evolve within a competitive environment.
Organizational Sociology Research Methods: The methods and techniques used to study organizational structures, behavior, and outcomes.
Structural Sociology: Structural sociology is concerned with examining the patterns of relationships among organizations and between organizations and individuals.
Cultural Sociology: Cultural sociology focuses on the cultural dimensions of organizational life, including the values, beliefs, and norms that shape organizational behavior.
Political Sociology: Political sociology highlights the distribution of power and the exercise of authority within and between organizations, including issues related to governance, conflict, and decision-making.
Economic Sociology: Economic sociology explores the role of economic factors in shaping organizational structure and behavior, including issues related to market competition, resource dependency, and network ties.
Network Sociology: Network sociology examines the patterns and dynamics of social relationships within and between organizations, emphasizing the importance of social embeddedness in organizational behavior.
Environmental Sociology: Environmental sociology focuses on the interactions between organizations and their social, economic, and natural environments, including issues related to sustainability, ecological resilience, and environmental justice.
Technology Sociology: Technology sociology investigates the ways in which technologies shape and are shaped by organizational processes and practices, including issues related to innovation, diffusion, and resistance.
Global Sociology: Global sociology highlights the connections between organizations across national and cultural boundaries, including issues related to globalization, transnationalism, and cosmopolitanism.
Gender Sociology: Gender sociology emphasizes the ways in which gender shapes and is shaped by organizational processes and practices, including issues related to workplace diversity, equality, and inclusion.
Historical Sociology: Historical sociology examines the evolution of organizational forms and practices over time, including issues related to institutionalization, path dependence, and contingency.
"It is the academic field interested in a collective activity, and how it relates to organization, organizing, and management."
"Organizational studies comprise different areas that deal with the different aspects of the organizations..."
"Many of the approaches are functionalist, but critical research also provide an alternative frame for understanding in the field."
"Fundamental to the study of management is organizational change."
"Historically, facilitating organizational change has proven to be a difficult subject..."
"Different theoretical frameworks have evolved in an attempt to strategically streamline this process..."
"...utilizing external actors."
"...interim organizations, where it is important to define the expectations of the outcome of change before initiating it."
"It is important to define the expectations of the outcome of change before initiating it, so as to provide measurability."
"...how individuals construct organizational structures, processes, and practices and how these, in turn, shape social relations..."
"...and create institutions that ultimately influence people."
"...shape social relations and create institutions that ultimately influence people."
"It is the examination of how individuals construct organizational structures, processes, and practices and how these, in turn, shape social relations..."
"...how individuals construct organizational structures, processes, and practices..."
"...how individuals construct organizational structures, processes, and practices and how these, in turn, shape social relations and create institutions that ultimately influence people."
"...many of the approaches are functionalist, but critical research also provides an alternative frame for understanding in the field."
"Historically, facilitating organizational change has proven to be a difficult subject..."
"...so as to provide measurability."
"Utilizing external actors" in facilitating organizational change.