本課程延續「社會組織」，從鉅視的角度來檢視組織在現代社會中所扮演的角色及影響。課程目的在於介紹60年代以後歐美組織理論的主流學派，包含結構權變理論、資源依賴理論、交易成本理論、產業組織理論、網絡組織、體制理論、策略管理學派、組織生態學及演化學派等。除了介紹各個理論的思想源流及內容外，課程的重點在於從社會學、經濟學、及管理學三個學門的視角，來比較各學派之間的異同及組織理論的發展變遷。本課程將以現代商業組織為探討的範例，除了理論的訓練外，特別強調實證研究的分析方法。
   
09/19
 課程簡介
09/26
 組織理論的基本議題及觀點
(Debates, perspectives, and major issues in OT)
10/03
 古典組織理論
(Classical organizational theory)
10/10
 現代組織理論的興起
(The emergence of modern organization theory)
10/17
 結構權變與組織調適
(Structural contingency theory)
10/24
 階級分析與資源依賴理論
(Class analysis and resource dependence theory)
10/31
 組織的社會網絡分析
(Networks and organization)
11/07
 代理理論與交易成本理論
(Agency theory and transaction cost economics)
11/14
 產業組織理論
(Industrial organization: structure, conduct, and performance)
11/21
期中考
11/28
 資源基礎理論與策略學派
(Resource-based view and strategic perspective)
12/05
 體制理論
(Institutional theory)
12/12
 組織生態與組織人口學(Population ecology and corporate demography)
12/19
 演化理論與組織發展史(Evolution theory)
12/26
 所有權之爭
(Corporate control and issue of ownership and control)
01/02
  21世紀的組織(The twenty-first-century firm)
01/09
 理論的匯流(Convergence of theoretical perspectives)
01/16
期末考

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