Introduction Flashcards
How are organizations typically studied
through multi frame analysis, using theoretical pluralism to gain insights from many points of view
What are the two purposes of organization theory
to offer tools to understand organizational phenomena and to offer internally coherent but sometimes externally contradictory theoretical framework that re-frame, complements and replaces common sense thinking
How can you use many controdictory theories to better aproximate the truth
By applying them where their assumptions fit
What are the three types of critical thinking
multi frame analysis, single frame analysis and thinking freely
What are the shortcomings of free thinking
It is limited to the experiences, biases and capabilities of the thinker and it is more difficult to systematize as it is common sense and not a model
Name the four fundamental frameworks for management behavior
the structural framework, the hr framework, the power framework and the symbolic framework
The structural framework assumes homo ludens
No it assumes homo economicus, homo ludens belong to the HR framework
The power framework assumes homo socialis
False, it assumes homo potetas, homo socialis belongs to the symbolic framework
What does homo ludens mean
the playful human
What does homo potetas mean
the power seeking human
The power framework and HR framework are the modern organizational frameworks
The HR and structural frameworks are not the power framework, the modern ones are the older modernist frameworks
Name the contemporary organizational frameworks
Power and symbolic frameworks
What is the main assumption of the symbolic framework
That people seek meaning
In the HR framework they assume people want to work and will do so if their needs are met
Yes
What is the critical framework
A more politically active type of analysis that could be considered a fifth framework but wont be covered in this book.
