This course introduces the student to the sociology of organizations. The mission of
this course is twofold: first to familiarize the student with the core sociological
explanations for organizations; second, the course will equip the student with the
concepts and theories that will better enable them to understand the role of
organizations in their lives and contemporary society. Students will survey concepts
and theories developed by sociologists and other social scientists to describe how
various characteristics of organizations are interrelated and to explain various
organizational processes such as decision-making, mechanisms of organizational
change, and conflicts between groups within organizations.

Students will be asked to demonstrate their mastery of the course content in written
work that is appropriate for an academic context.

Students will be asked to demonstrate their mastery of the course content in speech
that is appropriate for an academic context.

Topics will include:
Bureaucracy 
Managerial Ideologies 
Neo-Weberianism
Institutionalism
Environment Schools
Neo-Institutional School
Organizations and Work
Organizations and Decision Making
Organizations and Failures
Organizations and Efficiency
Organizations and Power
Organizations and Inequality
Organizations and Culture

All students must be familiar with university policy on cheating.