Morgan Chapter 9 and 10

Morgan Chapter 9
Organizations as Instruments of Domination

Summed up by Great Pyramid of Giza

Majority working in the interests of the few

Social Domination
Charismatic
Traditional
Rational-Legal

Death of a Salesman


Results:
Degradation or Deskilling of work
Primary Labor Market -> Secondary Labor Market
Minorities and socially disadvantaged most likely:
Perform dirty work
Lower wages
little job security
Few benefits

Work Hazards

Workaholic/Stress

Multinations
World economy dominated by activities of giant corporations are a BAD THING.
Exploitation of host countries

Chapter 10
Organizations and management theories are metaphors - to see things in a partial way

Metaphors help you see something in a way someone wants you to see it.

Get a Voki now!

Plato's Cave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave

Morgan Chapter 7

State vs Cincy

Let's go wolfpack!

Curriculum Theory Visual

Curriculum Theory Visual
Originally uploaded by saltybagel

The assignment was to create a visual on Curriculum Theory. I used the Key Elements of the Instructional Design Process. I did a little tweaking out popped the four most important things.

Students, Objectives, Methods, Evaluations

Purdue OWL

Purdue OWL

Using this site to remember how to write a paper with APA styling.

Writers on Organizations

After reading a couple of section of Writers on Organizations, I decided to write a quick summary about each writer twitter style:

Max Weber: First major figure in sociology, interested in historical development of civs through religion and economics

Aston Group: combined organization theory with research methods of psychology, sociology, and econ.

Alfred D. Chandler: Work focused on the rise of large scale business enterprise in the birth of modern capitalism (1850-1920)

Oliver E. Williamson: Asked why organizations, not what are they like. I struggled with this section.

Henry Mintzberg: Studied what managers actually do as they manage and what kinds of organizations they are managing. Roles can be categorized into interpersonal, informational, and decisional.

Charles Handy: Focused on the changing nature or work and organizations in modern times. Proposed 4 types of organizations: Club Culture (think Zeus), Role Culture (think Apollo), Task Culture (think Athena), Existential Culture (think Dionysus)

Christopher Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal: Proposed new type of organization structure based on effective international operations: Multinational, Global, International, and Transnational.