Assignment:
Module Based Content
Consider this module's content and readings you found. Select a modern organization that survived or thrived in a failing industry by changing their organization structure, policy, and/or management approach. What organizational behavior theory relates best to the situation and why?
Landmark Article Research
As you go over this week's module, consider the following topics / theories / authors:
Challenges in management education
Contributors to Management Theory and Practice:
• Rosemary Stewart
• John Kotter
• Harold Koontz
• Thomas Peters
• Robert Waterman
• Peter Drucker
Concepts:
• Corporate Governance
• Agency Issues
• Strategic Management
• Markets
• Hierarchies
• Different views of the firm (e.g. administrative unit, resource based view)
• Strategic Leadership
• Evolutionary Dynamics
OB Topics
• Theories X and Y
• Work Design
• Motivation
• Leadership
Org. Theory Topics:
• Organizations as Open Systems
• Behavioral Theories of the Firm
• Strategy and Structure Argument
• Contemporary Research
• As with every week moving forward, you are to select any topic of interest and locate two recent (last 5-10 years) articles. Don't just summarize these articles. Rather, work to integrate them with the landmark article you found for the week. What are some similarities / differences / consistencies / inconsistencies / etc?
• Don't forget to use the three required headings in your post for the week:
• Module Based Content
• Landmark Article Research
• Contemporary Research
Obtain periodical references from https://slulibrary.saintleo.edu/library_home