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ORGL 501 Methods of Organizational Research

 

 

 

 

This course prepares the student to identify and select relevant academic study topics, identify and interpret the major components of an academic study, such as the theoretical basis, rationale, research questions, and methodology. The student learns the application of various research methods during the development of an academic research paper proposal.

 

Bibliography

Required:

  • American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

  • Eriksson, P., & Kovalainen, A. (2008). Qualitative methods in business research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

  • Neuman, W. L. (2012). Social research methods: Qualitative and quantitative approaches (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon.

 

Research:

  • Anderson, P. (1999). Complexity theory and organizational science. Organizational Science , 10 (3), 216-232.

  • Helgesen, S. (1995). The web of inclusion: Architecture for building great organizations. Washington, D.C.: Beard Books.

  • Liu, Z. (1996). Dissipative structure theory, synergetics, and their implications for the management of information systems . Journal of the American Society for Information Science , 47 (2), 129-135.

  • MacIntosh, R., & MacLean, D. (1999). Conditioned emergence: A dissipative structures approach to transformation. Strategic Management Journal , 20, 297-316.

  • Mason, R. B. (2007). The external environment's effect on management and strategy. Management Decision , 45 (1), 10-28.

  • Miller, H. (2013, January 21). BlackBerry Jumps After Protecting Turf in Defense Agency. (D. Scanlan, & N. Turner, Editors) Retrieved January 22, 2013, from Bloomberg Technology: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-20/blackberry-surges-on-continued-pentagon-dominance.html

  • Morçöl, G., & Wachhaus, A. (2009). Network and complexity theories: A comparison and prospects for a synthesis . Administrative Theory and Praxis , 31 (1), 44-58.

  • Nepusz, T., & Vicsek, T. (2013). Hierarchical self-organization of non-cooperating individuals . (P. Csermely, Ed.) PLoS ONE , 8 (12), 1-9.

  • Patnaik, R. (2012). Strategic planning through complexity: Overcoming impediments to forecast and schedule . The IUP Journal of Business Strategy , IX (1), 27-36.

  • Pellissier, R. (2012). A proposed frame of reference for complexity management as opposed to the established linear management strategies. International Journal of Organizational Innovation , 5 (2), 6-67.

  • Senge, P. M. (2006). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. New York, NY: Doubleday.

  • Wheatley, M. J. (2006). Leadership and the new science: Discovering order in a chaotic world (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

 

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