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Ph.D. on Management and Organization

MAN671

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION

Course Code
MAN671
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
15
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelDoctorate Of Science
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS15
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Know the paradigms and principles related with the organizational change.
  2. Know the organizational transformation.
  3. Know resource dependence theory.
  4. Know contingency theory.
  5. Know organizational change.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsMAN660 TOPICS IN MICRO ORGANIZATION THEORY I MAN674 ORGANIZATIONS AND MANAGEMENT: TURKISH CASE
Course DescriptionThe aim of the course is to examine the changes in organizational and organizational communities with internal and external dynamics.The content of the course includes teleological, evolutionist, dialectic and circular theories explaining the phenomenon of organizational change and empirical studies carried out within the framework of institutions.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction and Definition of the Course
2nd Week Organizational Change: Paradigms and Principles
3rd Week Debates on Change in Organization Theories: Contingency Theory
4th Week Debates on Change in Organization Theories: Resource Dependence Theory
5th Week Debates on Change in Organization Theories: Population Ecology
6th Week Debates on Change in Organization Theories: Institutional Theory
7th Week Innovation and Organizational Change - Transformation
8th Week Mid-term Examination
9th Week Organizational Change: Human Factor and Resistances
10th Week Organizing or Organization? How to Conceptualize the Unit of Analysis?
11th Week Organizational Change and Variance Approach
12th Week Organizational Change and Process Approach
13th Week Process Approach of Organizing
14th Week Organizational Change and Transformation in Turkey: How Much Effective Are Institutional Pressures?
15th Week General Assessment
Recommended or Required ReadingBOOKS:
Czarniawska, Barbara 1998 A narrative approach to organization studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Mayer, K. U., and N. B. Tuma 1990 Event history analysis in life course research. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
Poole, M. Scott, Andrew H. Van de Ven, Kevin Dooley, and M. E. Holmes 2000 Organizational change and innovation processes: Theory and methods for research. New York: Oxford University Press.
Rogers, E. 2004 Diffusion of innovations, 5th edn. New York: Free Press.
Tsoukas, Haridimos 2005 Complex knowledge: Studies in organizational epistemology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Van de Ven, Andrew H., and David N. Grazman 1999. Evolution in a nested hierarchy: A genealogy of twin cities health care organizations, 1853-1995 in Variations in organizational science: In honor of Donald T. Campbell. J. A. C. Baum and B. McKelvey (eds), 185-212. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Weick, Karl. 1979 The social psychology of organizing, 2nd edn. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

ARTICLES:
Abbott, Andrew 1988. Transcending general linear reality. Sociological Theory 6: 169-186.
Bartel, C. A., and Raghu Garud 2004 The role of narratives in sustaining organizational innovation. Working paper, New York University, Stern School of Business.
Gersick, C. J. 1991 Revolutionary change theories: A multilevel exploration of the punctuated equilibrium paradigm. Academy of Management Review 16/1: 10-36.
Gersick, C. J. 1994 Pacing strategic change: The case of a new venture'. Academy of Management Journal 37/1: 9-45.
Pentland, Brian 1999. Building process theory with narrative: From description to explanation. Academy of Management Review 24: 711-724.
Romanelli, Elaine, and Michael Tushman 1994 Organizational transformation as punctuated equilibrium: An empirical test. Academy of Management Journal 37: 1141-1166.
Schoonhoven, C. B., K. M. Eisenhardt, and K. Lyman 1990. Speeding products to market: Waiting time to first product introduction in new firms. Administrative Science Quarterly 35/1: 177-207.
Tsoukas, Haridimos, and R. Chia 2002. On organizational becoming: Rethinking organizational change. Organization Science 13/5:567-582.
Van de Ven, A, H., ve Poole, M, S. 2005. Alternative approaches for studying organizational change. Organization Studies. 26(9): 1377-1404.
Van de Ven, Andrew H., and Douglas Polley 1992 Learning while innovating. Organization Science 3: 92-116.
Van de Ven, Andrew H., and M. Scott Poole 1995 Explaining development and change in organizations. Academy of Management Review 20: 510-540.
Whetten, David Forthcoming. On the meaning of organizational in organizational studies: The case of organizational identity. Journal of Management Inquiry.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 20
Project 1 30
Attendance 1 10
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam 4 55 220
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 4 40 160
Laboratory (including preparation) 1 30 30
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework
Total Work Load457
Total Work Load / 30 (h)15.23
ECTS Credit of the Course15
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5
K1 X
K2 X
K3 X
K4 X
K5 X
K6 X
K7 X
K8 X
K9 X
K10 X
K11 X
K12 X
K13 X
K14 X