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Course |
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Institutional Organizational Analysis - Change and Transformation
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Faculty |
Professor Tammar Zilber, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Professor Renate Meyer, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Professor Eva Boxenbaum, Department of Organization, CBS
Associate professor Susanne Boch Waldorff, Department of Organization, CBS
Professor Jesper Strandgaard, Department of Organization, CBS
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Course Coordinator |
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Professor Jesper Strandgaard
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Prerequisites |
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The PhD student must be working on a research project involving the institutional sociological approach or – if this is not the case – be willing to explore if the approach could be applied. Naturally, the idea is not to push students into becoming institutional theorists, but to make them reflect upon their projects from this theoretical perspective.
The PhD student is required to present a five-pages (maximum) written presentation in which s/he relates the curriculum literature in the course to his/ her project. The presentation must include specific references to the literature applied. Deadline for submission of presentations is 13 August 2021.
The student presentation should provide material for discussion in minor groups during the course, and the student must be willing to participate in discussions of other presentations.
It is a precondition for receiving the course diploma that the student attends the whole course.
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Aim |
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In the last decade, institutional theory has revolutionized the social sciences, and there is no doubt that the institutional revolution will achieve significance equal to that of the behavioral revolution in the 1950s and the 1960s. At the same time, the social constructionist approach has achieved significant status within anthropology and sociology, and it is currently spreading to a number of other disciplines.
The goal of the course is to give participants a broad overview of organizational neoinstitutionalism and develop their capacity to use the approach in their own work.
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Course content |
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The course focuses on the school within institutional theory that is rooted in sociology. Within this boundary, first we concern ourselves with the provocative foundational works of organizational neoinstitutionalism.
We will review institutional contributions, exploring the unique, social constructionist approach used by organizational sociologists. Next, we will turn to some of the more recent advances in institutional analysis. Neoinstitutionalists are distinctive in that they are both historical and interpretive in orientation, exploring historical change and transformations in the meaning of organizational structures and practices. We analyze how institutions are constructed and diffused; how institutional elements are incorporated into and translated in organizations as well as how institutional change and institutional entrepreneurship is taking place within specific organization fields.
We discuss diverse methodological approaches to the study of institutionalization processes – macro- as well as micro approaches. In addition, we will explore the applicability of neo institutional theory and methods to the empirical projects course participants are currently working on.
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Teaching style |
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Lectures with workshops, dialogues and student discussions.
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Lecture plan |
Day 1
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| 09.00 – 09.30 |
Welcome
Presentation of the course program and ‘home-groups’
Presentation of participants (who is who)
Expectations to the course and ”P-place” |
| 09.30 – 12.30 |
Renate Meyer: Classic and new institutional theory
Readings:
Meyer & Rowan (1977) ‘Institutional organizations: formal structure as myth and ceremony’ (chapter 2 in Powell & DiMaggio, 1991)
DiMaggio & Powell (1983) ‘The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields’ (chapter 3 in Powell & DiMaggio, 1991)
Meyer (2008) ‘New sociology |
| 12.30 – 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 – 16.30 |
Home-groups: Discussion of received papers in parallel groups |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Plenary: Each group presents 3 central points from group discussions |
| Day 2 |
| 09.00 – 10.30 |
Jesper Strandgaard: Institutional fields and transformations
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Readings:
Powell (1991). ‘Expanding the scope of institutional analyses’ (chapter 8 in Powell & DiMaggio)
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Lampel & Meyer (2008). ’Field-configuring events as structuring mechanisms: How conferences, ceremonies, and trade shows constitute new technologies, industries, and markets’. Journal of Management Studies, 45(6): 1025-1035. (uploaded)
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Mazza & Strandgaard Pedersen (2017). ’Organizational adaptation and inverse trajectories: Two cities and their film festivals’. In G. Kruecken, C. Mazza, R. E. Meyer, & P. Walgenbach (Eds.), New Themes in Institutional Analysis: 282-304. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. (uploaded)
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Wooten & Hoffman (2017).’Organizational fields: Past, present and future’ In R. Greenwood, C. Oliver, T. B. Lawrence, & R. E. Meyer (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism, 2nd ed.: 55-74. Los Angeles, CA: Sage. (uploaded)
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| Break |
| 11.00 – 12.30 |
Eva Boxenbaum: Empirical findings on diffusion and decoupling
Readings:
Boxenbaum, E. & Jonsson, S. (2017). ‘Isomorphism, diffusion and decoupling: concept evolution and theoretical challenges’. In R. Greenwood, C. L. Oliver, T.B. Lawrence, & R. Meyer (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism, revised 2nd edition: 79-104. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
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Compagni, A., Mele, V., & Ravasi, D. (2015) ‘How early implementations influence later adoptions of innovation: social positioning and skill reproduction in the diffusion of robotic surgery.’ Academy of Management, 58(1): 242-278. (uploaded)
Bromley, P. & Powell, W. W. (2012). ‘From smoke and mirrors to walking the talk: Decoupling in the contemporary world.’ Academy of Management Annals, 6: 483–530. (uploaded) |
| 12.30 – 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 – 16.30 |
Home-groups: Discussion of the received papers in parallel groups
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| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Plenary: Each group presents 3 central points from group discussions
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| DINNER 18:30 |
| Day 3 |
| 09.00 – 10.30 |
Susanne Boch Waldorf: Institutional change and multiple institutional logics
Readings:
Friedland & Alford (1991). ‘Bringing Society Back in: Symbols, Practices and Institutional Contradictions’ (chapter 10 in Powell & DiMaggio)
Berg Johansen & Waldorff (2017) ‘ What are institutional logics - and where is the perspective taking us?’ In: Krücken, Mazza, Meyer, & Walgenbach (eds.): New Themes in Institutional Analysis. Cheltenham, pp. 51-76 (uploaded)
Waldorff, Reay & Goodrick (2013) ‘A tale of two countries: How different constellations of logics impact action’ (uploaded) |
| Break |
| 11.00 – 12.30 |
Renate Meyer & Tammar B. Zilber: Methods in institutional analyses
Readings:
Haedicke, M.A., & Hallett, T. (2016). How to look both ways at once: Research strategies for inhabited institutionalism. In K. D. Elsbach & R. M. Kramer (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative organizational research: Innovative pathways and methods: 99-111. New York: Routledge. (uploaded)
Meyer & Höllerer (2010). ‘Meaning structures in a contested issue field: A topographic map of shareholder value in Austria’. Academy of Management Journal, 53(6), 1241–1262. (uploaded)
Jancsary, D., Meyer, R. E., Höllerer, M. A., & Barberio, V. (2017). Toward a structural model of organizational-level institutional pluralism and logic interconnectedness. Organization Science 28(6): 1150-1167. (uploaded) |
| 12.30 – 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 – 16.30 |
Home-groups: Discussion of the received papers in parallel groups |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Plenary: Each group presents 3 central points from group discussions |
| Day 4 |
| 09.00 – 10.30 |
Jesper Strandgaard & Susanne Boch Waldorff: Translation of ideas
Readings:
Czarniawska & Joerges (1996) ‘Travel of Ideas’ (uploaded)
Strandgaard & Dobbin (2006) ‘In Search of Identity and legitimation: Bridging Organizational Culture and Neoinstitutionalism’ (uploaded)
Boxenbaum & Strandgaard (2009) ‘Scandinavian Institutionalism – a case of institutional work’. (uploaded)
Waldorff (2013) ‘Accounting for organizational innovations: Mobilizing institutional logics in translation’ (uploaded) |
| Break |
| 11.00 – 12.30 |
Tammar B. Zilber & Eva Boxenbaum: Institutional work and entrepreneurship
Readings:
Battilana, J., Leca, B., & Boxenbaum, E. (2009). ‘How actors change institutions: Toward a theory of institutional entrepreneurship’. Academy of Management Annals, 3: 65-107. (uploaded)
Cartel, M., Boxenbaum, E. & Aggeri, F. (2019). ‘Just for fun! How experimental spaces stimulate innovation in institutionalized fields’. Organization Studies, 40(1): 65-92. (uploaded)
Lawrence, T. B., Leca, B. & Zilber, T. B. (2013). ’Institutional work: Current research, new directions and overlooked issues’. Organization Studies, 34(8):1023-1033. (uploaded)
Lawrence, T. B., & Suddaby, R. (2006). ’Institutions and institutional work.’ In S. R. Clegg, C. Hardy, W. R. Nord, & T. B. Lawrence (Eds.), SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies, 2nd ed.: 215-254. London, UK: Sage. (uploaded) |
| 12.30 – 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 – 16.30 |
Home-groups: Discussion of the received papers in parallel groups |
| Day 5 |
| 09.00 – 10.30 |
Tammar B. Zilber, Renate Meyer, Eva Boxenbaum, Susanne Boch Waldorff & Jesper Strandgaard:
New directions in organizational institutional analysis
Readings:
Greenwood, R., Oliver, C., Lawrence, T. B., & Meyer, R. E. (2017). ’Introduction: Into the fourth decade’ In authors (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism, 2nd ed.: 1-23. Los Angeles, CA: Sage. Available: https://epub.wu.ac.at/6131/
Zilber, T.B. (2020, forthcoming). The methodology/theory interface: Applications of ethnography in theorizing the microfoundations of institutions. Organization Theory, 1(2).
Barley, S.R. (2019). ’Working institutions’. In T. Reay, T. B. Zilber, A. Langley & H. Tsoukas (Eds.), Institutions and organizations: A process view. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Cappelen, S.M. & Strandgaard Pedersen, J. (2020, forthcoming). Inventing culinary heritage through strategic historical ambiguity. Organization Studies. |
| 11.00 – 12.30 |
New directions in organizational institutional analysis (continued)
Meyer, R. E., Jancsary, D., Höllerer, M., & Boxenbaum, E. (2018). ‘The role of verbal and visual text in the process of institutionalization’. Academy of Management Review, 43(3): 1-27.
Lawrence, T. B. & Dover, G. (2015). ’Place and institutional work: Creating housing for the hard-to-house’. Administrative Science Quarterly, 60(3): 371-410.
Powell, W.W. & Rerup, C. (2017). ’Opening the black box: The microfoundations of institutions'. In R. Greenwood, C. L. Oliver, T.B. Lawrence, & R. Meyer (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism, revised 2nd edition: 311-335. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Zietsma, C., & Toubiana, M. (2018). ’The valuable, the constitutive, and the energetic: Exploring the impact and importance of studying emotions and institutions’. Organization Studies, 39(4), 427–443.
Sadeh, L. J. & Zilber, T.B. (2019). ’Bringing “together”: Emotions and power in organizational responses to institutional |
| 12.30 – 12.45 |
Break |
| 12.45 – 13.15 |
Summing up and Evaluation of the course |
| 13.15 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
| 14.00 |
Departure |
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Learning objectives |
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Participants get insights into the historical development of institutional organizational theory and the latest development within this approach understanding organizational stability, change and transformation. The participants also get insights how to use the theory on empirical work, especially their own projects.
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Exam |
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N/A
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Other |
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Start date |
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30/08/2021
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End date |
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03/09/2021
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Level |
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PhD
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ECTS |
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5
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Language |
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English
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Course Literature |
Selection of the preliminary readings:
Selznick (1949), TVA and the Grassroots Meyer & Rowan (1977), "Institutional organizations: formal structure as myth and ceremony"
DiMaggio & Powell (1983), "The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism andCollective Rationality in Organizational Fields Tolbert & Zucker (1983), "Institutional sources of change in the formal structure oforganizations: The diffusion of civil service reform, 1880-1935" Meyer, R. (2008), New sociology of knowledge: Historical legacy and currentstrands Mazza, C., Sahlin Andersson, K. and Strandgaard Pedersen, J. (2005). EuropeanConstructions of an American Model. Powell (1991): Expanding the Scope of Institutional Analyses Friedland & Ahlford (1991) Bringing Society Back in: Symbols, Practices andInstitutional Contradictions Hoffman (1999) Institutional Evolution and Change: Environmentalism and the USChemical Industry Strandgaard Pedersen, J. and Dobbin, F. (2006). In Search of Identity andLegitimation – Bridging Organizational Culture and Neoinstitutionalism. Reay & Hinings (2009) Managing the Rivalry of Competing Institutional Logics(compendium) Boxenbaum, E. & Jonsson, S. (2008). Isomorphism, diffusion and decoupling. Lounsbury, M. (2001). Institutional sources of practice variation: Staffing collegeand university recycling programs. Suddaby & Greenwood (2009), Methodological Issues in Researching InstitutionalChange
Schneiberg & Clemens (2006), The typical tools for the job. Research strategies in institutional analyses
Mohr (1998), "Measuring Meaning Structures
Battilana, J., Leca, B., & Boxenbaum, E. (2009). How actors change institutions: Toward a theory of institutional entrepreneurship.
DiMaggio, P.J. (1988). Interest and agency in institutional theory
Maguire, S., Hardy, C., & Lawrence, T.B. (2004). Institutional entrepreneurship in emerging fields: HIV/AIDS treatment advocacy in Canada
Lawrence & Suddaby (2006) Institutions and Institutional Work
Lounsbury & Crumley (2007) New Practice Creation: An institutional Perspective on Innovation.
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Fee |
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6500,- DKK (covers the course, coffee/tea, lunch)
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Minimum number of participants |
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14
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Maximum number of participants |
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20
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Location |
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Copenhagen Business School
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Contact information |
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PhD support
Administration
Nina Iversen
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Registration deadline |
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01/07/2021
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In case we receive more registrations for the course than we have places, the registrations will be prioritized in the following order: Students from the CBS PhD School, students from other institutions than CBS.
This course has been postponed from spring (31 maj - 4 June). NEW dates 30 August - 3 September.
Please note that your registration is binding after the registration deadline.
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