MP1 Organizations

Welcome to Organizations MP1

MP1 is a core module of the MPhil in Management Studies,
Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge

Module Organizer - Professor Hugh Willmott

Aims and Objectives

This course will examine classical and contemporary theories of organizations that have been developed to identify and manage their complex realities. Te course applies concepts of power, inequality, identity and insecurity to explore and assess the nature and contribution of these theories.

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The following table provides access to each week of the course. The Course Content Overview gives details of what is planned for each week.

Course Information	Includes Learning Method, Indicative Contents, Assessment, Mark Scheme and Submission Date, Core and Additional Reading Lists
Course content overview	Lists Key Readings and Activies for Each Week
Weeks	Topics
1	Introduction : Back to the Future - Organization and Postmodern Analysis
2	Back to the Past - The Factory and Human Organization
3	Organizing through Hierarchies, Markets, Clans, Networks, etc
4	Emergent Forms of Organization and Ways of Organizing
5	Environment and Technology
6	Conceptual Frameworks of Analysis; Definitions and Conceptions of Organization
7	Emerging Organizational Paradigms
8	Review

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This page was constructed by Hugh Willmott (h.willmott@jims.cam.ac.uk) and last updated on 31/01/04