Discuss the organizational environment of an organization of which you have been a part. Discuss particular conditions and their outcomes.
Required Textbook
Tolbert, P. S., & Hall, R. H. (2009). Organizations: Structures, Processes, and Outcomes (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
ISBN-13: 978-0132448406
Shafritz, J. M., Ott, J. S., & Jang, Y. S. (2016). Classics of Organization Theory (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage.
ISBN-13: 978-1285870274
Textbook Readings
Read Chapters 8 & 9 and review the first half of Chapter 10 (pages 186 through 198) in Organizations: Structures, Processes, and Outcomes by Tolbert and Hall.
Read Chapter 7 in Classics of Organization Theory by by Shafritz, Ott, and Jang.
Read Selection 32 (pg. 389) (“External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective”) in Classics of Organization Theory by by Shafritz, Ott, and Jang.