Organizational Theory

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Morgan ch. 1 - Introduction of metaphors
What are metaphors used for 1,
What is the challenge of metaphor...
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Morgan ch. 10 - The challenge of metaphors
What is the general challenge of ...,
What is the overall paradox of me...
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Morgan ch. 11 - Reading and Shaping Organizational Life
What are the two steps in reading...
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Selznick (1948) - Foundations of the Theory of Organization
How should we understand organiza...,
What is the analytical perspectiv...,
What is the analytical perspectiv...
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Squeezing Heinz Case
What is the essens of the squeezi...
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Leavitt (2003): Why hierarchies thrive
Why do hierarchies persists and t...,
Why can hierarchies be flawed and...
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Morgan ch. 2 - Mechanization Takes Command: Organizations as Machines
What did the machine metaphor evo...,
What is bureaucracies 2,
What did frederik the great of pr...
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Taylor (1911) - The Principles of Scientific Management
What is the goal of scientific ma...,
What is soldering 2,
How can scientific management dec...
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de Geus (1997) - The Living Company
Organizations as Organisms
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Greiner (1972) - Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow
What is greiner s theory the five...,
Describe phase and crisis 1 in th...,
Describe phase and crisis 2 in th...
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Morgan (2006) - ch. 3 Organizations as Organisms
How does morgan see organizations...,
What is the mayo s hawthorne stud...,
What does organizations as open s...
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Catmul (2008) - ​​How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity
What is the main essens from pixa...,
How is the organizational design ...,
What are pixar s 3 principles 3
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Basten & Haamann (2018) - Approaches for Organizational Learning: A Literature Review
What is organizational learning a...,
What is single loop learning 2,
What is double loop learning 3
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Morgan (2006) - ch. 4 Organizations as Brains
The purpose of seeing an organiza...,
What is the idea that images of t...,
What is herbert simons rational a...
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Morgan (2006) ch. 5 - Organizations as cultures - creating social realty
What does the cultural metaphor s...,
How does culture shape people org...,
What is meant by organizations as...
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Quinn & Rohrbaugh (1983) - A Spatial Model of Effectiveness Criteria: Towards a Competing Values Approach to Organizational Analysis
What is the spatial model of effe...
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Schein (2011): The Concept of Organizational Culture: Why Bother?
Why is culture powerful 1,
What is schein s criticism of the...,
What is schein s definition of cu...
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Bradney (1957) - The Joking Relationship in Industry
What is a joking relationship 1,
How did bradney investigate jokin...,
Which organizational functions ca...
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Mesmer-Magnus et al. (2012) - A meta-analysis of positive humor in the workplace
What are the four different chall...,
According to eysenck 1972 in mesm...,
According to romero and cruthirds...
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Frisch (2011) - Who really makes the big decisions in your company?
Who really makes the big decision...,
What are the disadvantages of kit...,
What are the advantages of kitche...
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Morgan (2006) - ch. 6 Interest, Conflict and Power - Organisations as Political Systems
What is the political nature of o...,
What are the forms of political r...,
Explain the three interests of an...
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Sturm & Antonakis (2015) - Interpersonal Power: A Review, Critique, and Research Agenda
What is the definition of interpe...,
Describe the three characteristic...,
What does the model of interperso...
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Acker (1990) - Hierarchies, jobs, bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations
What does joan acker 1990 argue i...,
Joan acker 1990 identifies interc...,
Joan acker also highlights that g...
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Denrell (2005) - Selection Bias and the Perils of Benchmarking
What does danrell 2005 criticise 1,
Describe selection bias succesful...
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Miller (1992) - The Icarus Paradox: How Exceptional Companies Bring About Their Own Downfall
Explain the the icarus paradox 1,
Explain miller s four identified ...,
Which self destructive trajectori...
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Morgan (2006) - ch. 7 ​​Exploring Plato´s Cave: Organisations as Psychic Prisons
Explain psychic prison 1,
Explain plato s cave 2
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Morgan (2006) - ch. 8: Unfolding Logics of Change - Organization as Flux and Transformation
What does the chapter present and...,
What are the three primary ways o...,
What is the core argument of auto...
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Sargut & McGrath (2011): Learning to live with complexity
What does sargut and mcgrath 2011...,
What makes it difficult to make s...,
What are the three drivers of com...
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Weick et al. (2005): Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking
What is the concept of weick et a...,
What is sensemaking 2,
How is sensemaking viewed descrip...
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Barker (1993) - Tightening the Iron Cage: Concertive Control in Self-Managing Teams
What s the paradox in the company...,
Mention the 3 phases of how contr...
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Devinney (2009) - Is the Socially Responsible Corporation a Myth? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Corporate Social Responsibility
What s the core argument about cs...,
What are the good things about co...,
What are the bad things about com...
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Morgan (2006) - ch. 9: Organizations as Domination
What s the core idea behind morga...,
What is the connection between mu...,
Explain the link between workahol...
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Casciaro & Lobo (2005) - Competent Jerks, Lovable Fools and the Formation of Social Networks
Which two aspects does casciaro l...,
Which four categories are combine...
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Cross & Prusak (2002) - The People Who Make Organization
Cross and prusak 2002 argue that ...,
The authors identify four critica...,
What does informal networks deter...
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Hirschhorn & Gilmore (1992) - The New Boundaries of the "Boundaryless" Company
What does hirschhorn gilmore 1992...,
Mention the four critical psychol...,
How are managers advised to manag...
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Baron et al. (1999): Building The Iron Cage: Determinant of Managerial Intensity in The Early Years of Organizations
What is the main idea in baron et...,
What is the study in baron et al ...,
Which two specific aspects of fou...
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Scott & Davis (2015): pp 221-233: Organizations and organizing: Rational, natural, and open system perspectives.
What is a firm coase style 1,
What does scott davis 2015 ask 2,
What is the text based on 3
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Martela (2023) Managers matter less than we think: how can organizations function without any middle management?
What is martela 2023 main argumen...,
Explain the concepts hierarchy an...,
How can an organization function ...
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Foss & Klein (2023) - Why Managers Matter matters
What is foss kleins main argument...,
What is foss klein s view on the ...,
What are the advantages about hie...
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(NOT curriculum) Bro, L.L. et al. (2019 Ledelsesspænd og ledertilfredshed i offentlige og private organisationer.
What is span of control and what ...
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Burton et al. (2017) - GitHub: exploring the space between boss- less and hierarchical forms of organizing
What is github and how did it cha...,
What are the advantages of github...,
What are the problem with lack of...
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Lawrence & Lorsch (1967) - Differentiation and Integration in Complex Organizations
Explain the difference between di...,
Where do we see differentiation 2,
Why do we need integration 3
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DiMaggio & Powell (1983) - The Iron Cage Revisited
What does dimaggio powell 1983 in...,
Explain isomorphism 2,
Explain institutional isomorphism...
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Volberda et al. (2012) - Contingency Fit, Institutional Fit, and Firm Performance
What does volberda et al 2012 1,
What does volberda et al conclude 2,
What does contingency theory sugg...
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Burton & Obel (2018): The science of organizational design: fit between structure and coordination
What is the author s core argumen...,
What is the connection between or...,
What is the core challenge in org...
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Galbraith (1974): Organizational design: An information processing view
What is the core of the galbraith...,
What are the three primary coordi...,
What is the design problem 3
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Faraj & Xiao (2006) Coordination in Fast-Response Organizations
What is the main argument about c...,
How do the traditional and practi...,
Explain the coordination focused ...
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Okhuysen & Bechky (2009): Coordination in Organizations: An Integrative Perspective
What s the main point of okhuysen...,
Mention the 5 different coordinat...,
Explain the integrative condition...
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Kretschmer & Khashabi (2020) Digital Transformation and Organization Design: An Integrated Approach
What is the core question in kret...,
How does digitalization affect th...
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Butts et al. (2015) Hot Buttons and Time Sinks: The Effects of Electronic Communication During Nonwork Time on Emotions And Work-Nonwork Conflict
What is the main argument about w...,
Explain the conceptual model for ...
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Porter & Nohria (2018): How CEOs manage time
What did porter nohria 2018 study 1,
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Sadun et al. (2022): The C-suit skills that matter the most
What is the primary message of sa...,
What are the cause of the change ...,
What does sadun et al 2022 define...
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Østergaard et al. (2011): Does a different view create something new? The effect of employee diversity on innovation
What does ostergaard et al 2011 i...,
What is ostergaard et al s 2011 c...,
What are the results of ostergaar...
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Pelled et al. (1999): Exploring the Black Box: An Analysis of Work Group Diversity, Conflict, and Performance
Describe the study that pelled et...,
What where pelled et al s results 2,
Describe task conflict according ...
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Bridges & Bridges (2017): It Isn't the Changes That Do You In
What is bridges bridges 2017 main...,
What does change and transition m...
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Weick & Quinn (1999): Organizational Change and Development
How can organizational change be ...
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Damanpour & Schneider (2006): Phases of the Adoption of Innovation in Organizations: Effects of Environment, Organization and Top Managers
What does the empirical study in ...,
What is the multiphase process th...,
What three dimensions of antecede...
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Teece (2010): Business models, business strategy and innovation
What does teece 2010 examine 1,
What is the core function of busi...,
What is the management hypothesis 3
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Ghemawat (2001): Distance Still Matters The Hard Reality of Global Expansion
What does ghemawat 2001 explore i...,
Explain the cage framework 2,
Explain cultural distance cage fr...
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Kostova & Zaheer (1999): Organizational Legitimacy under Conditions of Complexity
What is the main focus in kostova...,
Explain legitimacy 2,
Mention the three dimensions of c...
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Örtenblad et al. (2016): Beyond Morgan’s eight metaphors: Adding to and developing organization theory
What is ortenblad et al s main ar...,
What can morgan s book be critici...
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