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Samenvatting Sociology of Organisations...............................................................................................1
Summary................................................................................................................................................4
Sociology of organisations lecture 3 organizational structure................................................................5
Trends.................................................................................................................................................5
Economic behavior of organizations...................................................................................................6
Burns & Stalker...................................................................................................................................7
Mintzberg...........................................................................................................................................7
Micropolitics.....................................................................................................................................11
Sociology of organisations lecture 4 organizational culture..................................................................13
Begrippen Watson............................................................................................................................13
HC.....................................................................................................................................................13
Approach 1: Partial cultures..............................................................................................................13
Approach 2: Negotiated order (Hallett)............................................................................................14
Case study.........................................................................................................................................16
Approach 3: Dynamic identity (Hatch & Schultz)..............................................................................16
Culture on the macro level...............................................................................................................20
Sociology of organisations lecture 5 organizational workforce.............................................................21
Begrippen Watson............................................................................................................................21
H7.................................................................................................................................................21
H8.................................................................................................................................................21
HC.....................................................................................................................................................23
Occupational.....................................................................................................................................23
Occupations..................................................................................................................................23
Professions....................................................................................................................................26
Organisational...................................................................................................................................27
Hiring decisions.............................................................................................................................27
Policies..........................................................................................................................................28
Sociology of Organizations lecture 6: Technology.................................................................................29

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, Begrippen Watson............................................................................................................................29
Zuboff: ‘Big other: surveillance capitalism and the prospects of an information civilization’...........31
Bovens & Zouridis: ‘from street level to system level bureaucracies’...............................................32
HC.....................................................................................................................................................33
Sociology of Organisations lecture 7 Excellence...................................................................................38
Begrippen Watson............................................................................................................................38
HC.....................................................................................................................................................39
Learn about strategies to outcompete other organisations..........................................................39
Different strategies for being ‘high-high’......................................................................................41
Negotiation of implicit contracts..................................................................................................44
To critically reflect on contemporary trends in work ethics..........................................................46
Sennett workshop.........................................................................................................................47
Sociology of organizations lecture 8 Globalisation...............................................................................49
Economic globalization.....................................................................................................................50
Financial globalization......................................................................................................................51
Political globalization........................................................................................................................51
Cultural globalization........................................................................................................................52
Summary of the dimensions.............................................................................................................54
Sociology of organisations lecture 9 Corporate Social Responsibility...................................................55
Theory..............................................................................................................................................55
Summary............................................................................................................................................4
Sociology of organisations lecture 3 organizational structure.........................................4
Trends...............................................................................................................................................4
Economic behavior of organizations.....................................................................................5
Burns & Stalker.............................................................................................................................6
Mintzberg........................................................................................................................................6
Micropolitics.................................................................................................................................10
Sociology of organisations lecture 4 organizational culture...........................................12
Begrippen Watson.....................................................................................................................12
HC....................................................................................................................................................12
Sociology of organisations lecture 5 organizational workforce.....................................20
Begrippen Watson.....................................................................................................................20
H7.................................................................................................................................................20
H8.................................................................................................................................................20


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, HC....................................................................................................................................................22
Sociology of Organizations lecture 6: Technology..............................................................28
Begrippen Watson.....................................................................................................................28
Zuboff: ‘Big other: surveillance capitalism and the prospects of an information
civilization’...................................................................................................................................30
Bovens & Zouridis: ‘from street level to system level bureaucracies’....................31
HC....................................................................................................................................................32
Sociology of Organisations lecture 7 Excellence................................................................36
Begrippen Watson.....................................................................................................................36
HC....................................................................................................................................................37
Sociology of organizations lecture 8 Globalisation............................................................46
Sociology of organisations lecture 9 Corporate Social Responsibility.........................52




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 The arrows crossing some of the boxes indicate developments which have been influenced by
more than one of the theoretical strands

(ethnomethodology: the study of how social order is produced in and through processes of social
interaction)
(Institutionalist: governments, legal systems, religious organizations, educational systems, financial
systems, and family structures)




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