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Seminar. Social psychological theories and research relevant to organizational behavior. Current research topics; theories in micro-organizational behavior. Topics include models of attribution, choice and decision making, intergroup behavior, stereotyping, and social influence. Prerequisites: Ph.D student; graduate-level social psychology course.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Lowery, B. (PI)
SOC 361W: Workshop: Networks and Organizations (EDUC 361)
For students doing advanced research. Group comments and criticism on dissertation projects at any phase of completion, including data problems, empirical and theoretical challenges, presentation refinement, and job market presentations. Collaboration, debate, and shaping research ideas. Prerequisite: courses in organizational theory or social network analysis.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
McFarland, D. (PI)
;
Powell, W. (PI)
SOC 362: Organization and Environment
Leading sociological approaches to analyzing relations of organizations and environments emphasizing dynamics. Theoretical formulations, research designs, and results of empirical studies.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Carroll, G. (PI)
SOC 363: Social and Political Process in Organizations
Social psychological and sociological research at the meso, or intermediate between micro and macro, level of analysis. Topics vary from year to year, but usually include organizational routines and learning; mobility and and attainment processes; gender and race inequality and discrimination; social networks; cultural perspectives on organizations, and related topics. Prerequisite: Ph.D student.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Sorensen, J. (PI)
SOC 363A: Seminar on Organizational Theory (EDUC 375A, MS&E 389)
The social science literature on organizations assessed through consideration of the major theoretical traditions and lines of research predominant in the field.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Powell, W. (PI)
SOC 366: Organization Studies: Theories and Analyses (EDUC 288)
Principles of organizational behavior and analysis; theories of group and individual behavior; organizational culture; and applications to school organization and design. Case studies.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Powell, W. (PI)
SOC 366A: Organizational Ecology (OB 601)
This seminar examines theoretical and methodological issues in the study of the ecology of organizations. Particular attention is given to the dynamics that characterize the interface between organizational populations and their audiences. Prerequisites: Enrollment in a Ph.D. program.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
SOC 368W: Workshop: China Social Science (POLISCI 348R)
For Ph.D. students in the social sciences and history. Research on contemporary society and politics in the People's Republic of China. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
SOC 369: Social Network Analysis (EDUC 316)
Introduction to social network theory, methods, and research applications in sociology. Network concepts of interactionist (balance, cohesion, centrality) and structuralist (structural equivalence, roles, duality) traditions are defined and applied to topics in small groups, social movements, organizations, communities. Students apply these techniques to data on schools and classrooms. (SSPEP)
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
McFarland, D. (PI)
SOC 370A: Sociological Theory: Social Structure, Inequality, and Conflict
Restricted to doctoral students.The traditions of structural analysis derived from the work of Marx, Weber, and related thinkers. Antecedent ideas in foundational works are traced through contemporary theory and research on political conflict, social stratification, formal organization, and the economy.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Olzak, S. (PI)
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