Overview
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A graduate-level introduction to organization theory and its integration with network perspectives.
- Audience
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This course was first designed as an elective for doctoral students in IDAS at National Chengchi University. The materials are generally applicable to students of any level and degree program.
- Teaching
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- National Chengchi University
Content
Course Content
This graduate seminar integrates major traditions in organization theory with network perspectives. It proceeds through three modules: inward-facing paradigms, including bureaucracy, scientific management, informal organization, power, decision-making, and uncertainty; outward-facing paradigms, including contingency and resource-dependence theories, organizational ecology, and neo-institutionalism; and network paradigms, including organizational economics, networks within organizations, network forms of organization, and organizational networks and fields. These perspectives explain coordination, control, legitimacy, inequality, and change across levels of analysis.
Students co-lead seminar discussions, prepare analytical memos, and write three case studies applying course paradigms to the Asia-Pacific region. Each case study is presented and discussed in a conference-style panel. The course develops students' ability to compare competing explanations, mobilize theoretical frameworks analytically, and formulate advanced research questions.
Requirements
No prerequisites. Students are expected to read and write at a graduate level.
Resources
- Materials
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Course syllabus
Source syllabus for the Spring 2026 course.
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Course syllabus
- Relevant Literature
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